a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
personification; anthropomorphization
family-oriented; familial
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to throw into; to dump in together
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
being startled; getting a shock
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
with a whack; smack; slap
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
descending a mountain; descent
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
excursion; round trip; seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
eating habits; diet; dietary pattern