thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
participation; joining; entry; adherence
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
networking; making contacts
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.