New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
prison camp; concentration camp; prisoner of war camp; POW camp
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
length (of an animal); body length
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
Insecta (class comprising the insects)
Dictyoptera (order of insects comprising the cockroaches and the mantids)
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to forget to say; to forget to mention
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu
striking techniques (judo)
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)