tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
power; might; authority; influence
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
serialization; serialisation; serial story
public-private partnership; PPP; point-to-point protocol; PPP
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
monolith; large slab of rock
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
outline; summary; argument
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
novel; original; new; innovative
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to relax; to feel at home
sexual discrimination; sexism
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
consists of; comprises; is made up of
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs