wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
drunken face; drunken expression
position; job; employment; opening
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to settle (in a place); to settle down
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
Baeck; Bech; Beck; Becque; Bek; Boeckh
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
stingy; cheap; very frugal
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to brighten; to grow light
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to repaint; to paint again
quantity or volume of water
paste; glue; clothing starch
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout