overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
the ocean; the great deep
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
in a tousled manner; in a ruffled fashion; in a disorderly manner; with a fluster; confusedly; messily
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to be deeply impressed (by); to be moved (by); to admire greatly
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to be dispersed; to get separated
kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
number or size of periodicals or pictures; type size
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
understanding person; supporter
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to get distracted; to jump off the track
with a start; with a jump
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
expression; look; countenance; face
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind