maid; helper; help; assistance
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
pronunciation; production of sound
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
performer; entertainer; actor
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
about; concerning; related to; -ish
earnings from a part-time job
while; during (the time when)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage