tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to Google; to search for information on the WWW
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to be surprised; to be astonished
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
reaction; response; reaction
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
time; season; period; phase; stage
festival; feast; carnival
leisure time; idle moment
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
year in, year out; always; 24-7
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
danger; peril; hazard; risk
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
such ... as; or some such
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
management; administration; operation
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size