to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
control; check; restraint; inhibition
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to watch steadily; to stare
memory; sense; experience
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
congratulation; celebration
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning
quilting; quilted coat; quilted clothes
entry; approach; penetration
official announcement; proclamation
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to show up; to appear; to turn up
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
space; interval; space character; whitespace