manners; courtesy; etiquette
drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
failing to recognize someone; underestimation (of someone's ability); not realizing someone's skill
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
craving; longing; thirsting
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
feeling keenly; fully realizing
that's right; yes; uh-huh
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
safety; welfare; well-being
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
there is nothing; having nothing
meanwhile; in the meantime
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
systematic; regular; routine
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
male instincts; male frivolity