French; French food; French cuisine
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to arrive home; to return
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
living together (with one more person)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
changing clothes; change of clothes
living; lifestyle; living room
to relax; to feel at home
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
progress; advance; improvement; development
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
beginning (of a century, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
somehow; for some reason or other
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
feminine; womanly; female
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly