overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
very careful; thoroughly prepared
not a little; not a few; considerable
taking one's lover to a hotel
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
affable; sociable; friendly
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
with a collapse; with a slump
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
approval; acceptance; toleration
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
one's figure during sleep
to wet one's pants; to wet oneself
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
to stroke down; to smooth down
each party; each faction; all sects
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
natural virtue; personal virtue
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (e.g. to get someone's attention)
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
imprisonment; incarceration
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition