necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
semiformal attire; semiformal dress
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
semi-formal kimono for women; visiting (gala) dress
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
such; like that; that sort of; very
a few years ago; some years back
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to look young; to seem young
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
female high-school student
to have an eye on; to zero in on