lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
here and there; in places
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
to get between; to be caught in
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
tool; implement; means; furniture
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
ten; 10; ten years of age
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
with a friendly grin; smilingly