prosperity; flourishing; thriving
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
submersion; inundation; being flooded
quite; utterly; really; completely
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
enumeration; citation; listing
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
window; window (shop display)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
constrained; uncomfortable; awkward
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter