important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
simple meal eaten before tea is served
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)