to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to tower over the surroundings
elder sister; effeminate man
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
good feeling; feeling good
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to relapse; to reassert; to review
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(physical) growth; development
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to half-rise to one's feet
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend