remains; corpse; (dead) body
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
waking; waking up; awakening
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
open; spacious; extensive
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
press; print shop; printing office
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
painting all over; covering in paint
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
to be smeared; to be covered
white; correction fluid; white-out
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
picture for coloring in (colouring)
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop