to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to buy more (of something)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
clothes; clothing; garments
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
made in Japan; Japanese-made
quality (of a product or a service)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
no!; no no!; no, not at all
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking