French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
waist; waistline; waist measurement
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for; amorous woman
curse; spell; malediction
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
very popular; highly favoured
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
up until now; as recently as the present
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler