embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
hearsay; learning by hearsay
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
loveable; very likeable; like very much
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
flustered; confused; panicked
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
continuation; succession; series
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
bursting at the seams; bulging
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
body-conscious (look); tight-fitting (clothing)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point