to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult matters
on bad terms; at loggerheads
secondary sex characteristic
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
changing clothes (on another person, e.g. a child or doll); changing the exterior parts (e.g. of a product)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
self-analysis; autoanalysis
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
in order; in turn; one by one
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service