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laughing matter

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

2

fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts

1

the scruff or nape of the neck

4

with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

1

sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry

1

to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

3

carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride

1

going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

3

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

1

toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom

1

to do

1

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

1

to hold up in one's arms

1

exactly; perfectly

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

4

agreement; rule

1

unexpected; surprising

6

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

to be busy; to be tied up doing something

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

2

model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft

1

toilet seat with bidet functions

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

13

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

5

faucet; tap

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

1

control

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

thanks; gratitude

1

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

1

equipment; provision

1

simple; plain

5

area for washing one's hands and face; washroom; bathroom; toilet

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

2

desperately; for one's dear life

1

take-out; take-away; carry-out

2

takoyaki; octopus dumplings

4

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

1

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

1