tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
sad news; news of a death; death notice
polite; respectful; reverent
something; some kind of; for some reason
to take command; to give direction
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
close; intimate; on good terms
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
one's younger days; when one was young
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc.
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
loss; defeat; counter for losses
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
stepwise; one step at a time
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)