clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
grounds (of tea and coffee)
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
picking through garbage; dumpster diving; scavenging rubbish
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to perform; to play; to act
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
covered wagon; prairie schooner
the (four) limbs; arms and legs