dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
soba made with only buckwheat flour
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
clearing one's throat; cough
common people; ordinary people; masses
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
manners; behavior; behaviour
family; relatives; dependents; household
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
tenth day of the month; ten days
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
made-to-order; custom-made
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
from the viewpoint of; according to
(not) even once; (not) ever
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude