cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
(someone else's) parents; both parents
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
sound of voice; vocal sound
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
dream for the future; hopes for the future
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
when it becomes; when it comes to
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that