tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
old friend; familiar face
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
to go out and away; to leave
silence (not speaking); muteness
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to show up; to appear; to turn up
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
diagnosis; medical examination
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
state of a disease; condition of a patient; pathological state; pathology
going through; going via; going by way of
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation