kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
hair (of the head); pubic hair
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
writing (e.g. as a profession)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
personality; character; individuality; personhood
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
discreet; modest; cautious
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
straight-laced person; stubborn person
decorum; propriety; politeness
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
as; because; with; due to
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
pupil; disciple; follower