tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
opposite side; other side; other party
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
matter to be checked or investigated
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
long (time that has passed); old (story)
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to like; to love; to be fond of
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
and; thereupon; because of that
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
preface; introduction; preamble
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well