chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
serious; not joking; straight
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
difference between track followed by front and back inner wheels when turning
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
giving; provision; furnishing
forced repatriation; deportation
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
drunkenness; intoxication
fashion sense; sense of fashion
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
group; bunch; crowd; group
flying bird; soaring bird
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
store; shop; stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); store; Stoic
to serve; to dish up; to dish out
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to serve; to work for; to attend