children's story; fairy tale
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to poke each other; to jab each other
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
one's home country; one's homeland
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
ground glass; frosted glass
blur; blurred; indistinct
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
misrepresentation; false statement
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
annulation; ring shape; loop shape
to read aloud; to read to someone
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
to have a meal; to take a meal
long ago; a long time ago; already
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
fish-based cooking; fish dish
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to carry; to bring (to a place)