To weigh your options; To hedge your bets

meat floss; fish floss

posterior

A large-scale natural disaster

taking a look

lamenting one's fate

irrefutable hypothesis; indomitable will

The Shujing

annihilation; obliteration

The mill of God grinds late, but grinds to powder

flattery

Flames that lick the sky

flower stem

lesser cuckoo

respite

fulling cloth

hiding your talents

① Eastern sea ② Japan