laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
every person; each one; everybody
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
with a start; with a jump
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
as if nothing had happened
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
method of bringing up; method of raising
low dining table; tea table
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
aimlessly; without a goal
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)