guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
president's office; director's office
must not; should not; do not
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
item; article; clause; section; point
heart pounding; chest tightening
miser; niggard; cheapskate
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
(not) so much; (not) that much
to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; (lit.) to become a tengu
to take; to catch; to capture
to be smeared; to be covered
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
number two; mistress; concubine
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
turning to the right; right turn
turning to the left; left turn
unthinkable; extraordinary; preposterous; cannot be
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded