going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
innumerable; countless; numberless
moving about; stirring about
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
simply; merely; only; solely
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to look upwards; to look up
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold