slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
personality; style; appearance
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to employ; to hire; to engage
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
classified document; confidential document
engineer; technical officer
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
too many to count; too numerous to mention
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to run through; to run past
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
steep mountain; craggy mountain