equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
clientele; customer stratum
complete lie; outright lie
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient
setting a bad example to others
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
gradually; slowly but steadily
to look around; to look towards (us)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
our country; our land; one's own country
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large side; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
novel; original; new; innovative
hair style; way of dressing hair