remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
and then; and so; and; so then
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
utmost limits; extremity; limit
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
release; emission; ejection
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge
number of times; frequency; count
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
infancy; childhood; tender age
(former) imperial university
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
tacit; unspoken; implicit
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)