cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
knitting; knitted material; crochet
standard; set; routine; decided
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
hearsay; learning by hearsay
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
practice by repetition; learning by rote
pillar of fire; blazing column
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
(political) administration; political power
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
image quality (film, video, etc.)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
personal combat; one-to-one fight
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
being concerned about or mindful of
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish