human work; human agency; art; artificiality
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
being unable to laugh (at a funny but serious situation); forced to hold back laughter
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
studies; schoolwork; classwork
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
counseling room; counselling room; consulting room; advisory centre
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
volume of water kept in store
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
touching with a finger; inserting a finger; fingering (sexual practice)
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
leather; leather-bound; leathern
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
hidden camera; spy camera
late at night; at a late hour
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy