nice; likeable; desirable
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
sales promotion; hard selling
each place; various places
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
but; however; provided that
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
social life; social intercourse
to shake; to sway; to waver
to pass (of time); to elapse
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to step forward; to volunteer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
business owner; entrepreneur
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)