preface; introduction; preamble
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
time in; making a move immediately (in a timed game of shogi, go, etc.)
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
ardent; passionate; vehement
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to jump up and down; to hop
absence; disregard; indifference
discipline; training; teaching manners
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
patient; unhurried; leisurely