carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
single flower; one wheel; full moon
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
other than; excluding; without
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
boisterously; roughly; briskly
going to and fro; back and forth
first cry of a newborn baby
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
one's every action; every single move
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
after childbirth; postpartum
to ease up; to relax attention
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent