embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
talk; recital; narration; topic
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
attention seeker; look-at-me
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
truancy; school non-attendance
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
trauma (usu. psychological)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
one day; (on) a certain day
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
a few years ago; some years back
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should