to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
exhibition; display; putting on show
locker room; changing room; dressing room
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
dignity; credit; (arch.) deed of sale (for a land, forest or house); (arch.) sale value; (arch.) selling price
a cut above; one step above
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
good-quality; superior in quality
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
in that way; like that; that way
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around