start; commencement; beginning; initiation
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun
correction; rectification; mending; repair
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
damp; moist (negative nuance)
spine; backbone; spinal column
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
dispersing; breaking up; running away
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
highlighter; highlighter pen
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
stirring; slight movement
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
meditation; contemplation
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
lord of a manor; estate steward
sad; wretched; deplorable
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
writing; composition; essay; sentence
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
setting a bad example to others