to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
simply; merely; only; solely
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
(necessary) personnel; required person
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
time; hour; period; class
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
this is why; this means; it is the case that
bowl (ceramic, porcelain); counter for bowls of food or drink
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
weak matcha; light brown (color, colour)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
though; notwithstanding; although
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since