gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
very young; little; childish; immature
speech; expression; wording; language
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
innocent; cherubic; childlike
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to employ; to hire; to charter
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
alternately; by turns; one after the other
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled