spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
short and fat; pudgy; stocky
over-the-top; thick; rich; heavy
can't occur easily; difficult to happen
cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)
installment payment or delivery; instalment payment or delivery
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
Schoepfia jasminodora (tree of family Schoepfiaceae)
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
money-eating; expensive; extravagant
double-hung window; sash window
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
situation (turn of events) being favorable (advantageous)
state-sponsored; national
contest of strength; trial of strength
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes
painting all over; covering in paint
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court