to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to collect; to assemble; to gather
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
letter; missive; note; mail
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
interior; inside; internal
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic