school rules; school regulations
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
tacit; unspoken; implicit
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
unseasonable; out of season
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
as if it weren't already enough
to jump from one thing to another
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
one parent; single parent
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
scholarship; scientific attainments
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
tag (children's game); tig
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
to prevent; to take precautions
outside corner (baseball, racetrack, etc.)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)