expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
not wearing a bra; being bra-less; generic (goods)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
looking depressed; long face
world; society; people; the public
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to grow up; to become an adult
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
overflowing; brimming over; abounding
Holy Communion; the Eucharist; the Lord's Supper
candlelight service (e.g. in a church); ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
adaptation (from); rebaking
showman who trains performing monkeys
ideally; if one were to wish for more
majority group (party, faction)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
even if ...; even supposing that ...
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing