to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
way; method; means; resource; course
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
restlessly; in continuous motion
being on duty; person on duty
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
coochy-coo; hitchy-koo; kitchy-koo (tickling sound)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
while; during; performed in this condition
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
perception; sensing; noticing
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly