eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
indicate reason; infers some protest
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
extreme masochist; very masochistic
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
extreme sadist; very sadistic
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
towering; astonishingly high
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
ongoing; in progress; afoot
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts