Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); female hawk (or falcon); falconry (using a northern goshawk)
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
paper towel (esp. for drying one's hands); paper hand towel
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal
skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky
research publication; scholarly publication
ostrich (Struthio camelus)
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
cooking class; cookery school
(not) even once; (not) ever
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to begin talking; to open up
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
sensitivity; susceptibility
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon