roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
first generation; founder
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
else; in addition; besides
floor space; area (in tsubo)
corridor; hallway; passageway
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
very interesting; of great interest
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
Kucha (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China); Kuqa