ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
post crown; dowel crown; false tooth; "tooth" on a geta clog
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
malnutrition; malnourishment
ventilation; draft; airing
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
evening meal; dinner; supper
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
letter of consent; letter of intent; agreement document
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
just past noon; afternoon
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning