secondary; of secondary importance
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
throughout; all through; right through
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
thrift; economy; frugality
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
old clothes; secondhand clothing
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
out of fashion; out of style; outmoded
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
used article (esp. clothes)
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
stylistic beauty; beauty of form; beauty derived from refined style; established trope; beloved stock formula (in entertainment); time-honored routine
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to make merry; to be festive
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to be crowded with people