progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
to dye fast; to leave undyed
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
made in Japan; Japanese-made
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
Lotte (Japanese-Korean confection company)
Glico (Japanese confection brand)
all companies; each company
how dare ...; how could ...
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); white whale; beluga whale
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
middle period; medium-term
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)