popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to complain; to lodge a complaint
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
assertion; declaration; affirmation
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
collared; having a collar; (appearance of) one's collar when wearing multiple kimonos; (arch.) (financial) circumstances; (arch.) lifestyle
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
tendency; trend; inclination
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
image change; changing one's image; makeover
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
should time and circumstances permit
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should