slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
memories; recollections; reminiscence
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
lately; recently; nowadays
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
third stage; three stages
while; during (the time when)
thickness; profundity; depth
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to fly around; to scatter
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
slowly and quietly; smoothly
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
falling over; toppling sideways
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid