Yōko Ogawa (1962.3.30-; writer)
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
to manage (to do successfully); to get through
fitting (of clothing); fitting; installation; fitting (e.g. graph)
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
leopardess; female leopard
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
rapids; shallows of a river
ex-husband; former husband
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
men's (fashion, wear, etc.)
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry