to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
novel; story; (work of) fiction
young (e.g. young children); of few years
extremely; terrifically; super
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
tone (of voice); manner of talking
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable