soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day
to wave a flag; to show the way
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
weird; disgusting; sickening
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
(medical) doctor; physician
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with