mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
mental; spiritual; emotional
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
pressure; oppression; suppression
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
sanitary shorts; period panties; sanitary panties
physiology; one's period; menstruation
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
when it becomes; when it comes to
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
pleat; pleats; plait; plaits
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up