favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
quickly; swishing; whooshing
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to have one's horizons broadened
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
along; parallel to; in accordance with
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
council; conference; consultation
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
that is to say; so that means
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
box cutter; utility knife
to get high; to become inebriated
pattern paper (for dressmaking); stencil
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to compose; to put together
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work