speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
katakana word; word written in katakana
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to be saved up (of money)
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
milk powder; baby formula
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
coloured paper; colored paper
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
slowly and quietly; smoothly
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
capital; national capital
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling