had better ...; had better not ...
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to complete decisively; to do to completion
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
outward appearance; looks
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
way one walks; one's walk
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
in one go (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); directly; in one leap; straight to; all at once; at a bound
cheap article; poor-quality article
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
whole face; all over one's face
to leave; to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
grabbing a handful (of); grabbing as much as one can in one handful; catching with one's hands
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason
to concentrate one's attention; to be engrossed in