mission; delegation; transmission
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
class meeting; classroom assembly
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
proposal; offer; request; application
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
idealistic thought (argument)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
settlement; conclusion; summary
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
a step; short distance; short time
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
item; commodity; list of articles
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author