pupil; student; schoolchild
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
digital versatile disc; DVD
under 1 year old (of a baby); (lit.) 0 years old
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
story; tale; talk; discussion
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
(baby which is) unhappy unless held
way (of doing); manner; method; means
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
future (usually near); prospects
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to complain; to lodge a complaint
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
education or school expenses
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how