pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
inheritance; something given or received
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
middle class; bourgeoisie
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
doublet (14th-17th century men's jacket)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be conspicuous; to stand out
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to comb down; to smooth down