intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
order; command; directions; instructions
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
almost every day; almost daily
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
manner of using one's hands
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend