teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
briquette (charcoal or coal)
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
emotional scars; mental trauma
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
cake served with tea; teacake
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
attendance; presence; appearance
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
favourable wind; favorable wind
scope; valid range; effective range (e.g. in broadcasting); coverage
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
intensive; concentrated; focused
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
one's share; one's portion
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path