to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
narrow; cramped; small-sized
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
patient; unhurried; leisurely
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to have a meal; to take a meal
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
gossip; corner of the mouth
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location