cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
bad boy; naughty child; brat
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
never mind!; don't worry about it
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
naughty; mischievous; unruly
to rebuke; to scold harshly
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
meeting place; assembly hall
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
submersion; inundation; being flooded
old friend; familiar face
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to take; to catch; to capture