to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
fluently; without hesitation; without faltering
family structure; family composition; family makeup
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
serious; not joking; straight
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
script; screenplay; scenario
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to stop crying; to cry oneself out