chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
one-year-old; one year old
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
receiving special-needs support while attending a regular school
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
nursery school; day nursery; day care center
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
speech; utterance; speech production; word used to start a sentence
training; drill; practice; discipline
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
patting; stroking; caressing
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
a few seconds; several seconds