being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
suffix appended to someone else's family members
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
consideration; taking into account
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
shiba inu (dog breed); shiba; brushwood dog
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
had better ...; had better not ...
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
negative emotions; negative feelings
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
systematisation; systematization
to try to do; to attempt to do
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)