speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
Japanese person; Japanese people
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)