tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to work hard; to work diligently
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
white background; blank; female virgin
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
here and there; in places
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
to dye; to colour; to color
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
than; from; out of; except; but; more
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all