employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
of course; certainly; naturally
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
leather shoes; leather boots
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to complain; to lodge a complaint
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once