bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
competent; suitable; qualified
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
covered with; stained; smeared
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
modesty; self-control; discretion
speech; expression; wording; language
teatime; tea break; coffee break
to lure someone; to entice someone
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
standard; set; routine; decided
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
joint struggle; common (united) front
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
coexistence; living together
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)