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won't do (for me)

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

20

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

7

development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile

1

staying up all night

1

test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal

1

sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

1

the same age

1

overlap; duplication; doubling

1

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

3

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

children

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

2

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

1

Machiko

1

handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown

2

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

2

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

1

hey; hold on; come on

4

unmarried; single

1

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

2

negative; minus

1

food

1

insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

3

homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)

4

mother

1

mutual agreement; understanding; common consent

1

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

3

kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare

16

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

3

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

8

probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

3

soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

7

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

3

symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation

1

representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative

1

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

6

diss; dissing; disrespect

2

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1