to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to intervene; to stop (something)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
kitchen; financial situation; finances
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
preparation; arrangements
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
speech; expression; wording; language
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to have time free; to have time to spare
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
official copy of part of family register
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
firm promise; definite promise
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)