to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to get warm; to become warm
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
cooking; food preparation
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
coarsely strained; rough strainer
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
not yet developed; undeveloped; underdeveloped
refining; purification; careful manufacture
amount of sugar; sugar content
common people; ordinary people; masses
to be intimate with; to befriend
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to sniff out; to get wind of
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit