learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
engagement gift; (ceremonial) exchange of engagement gifts
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
diploma; licence; license
dressed up (in fine clothes)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
well-bred; of good upbringing
etiquette; courtesy; manners
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
low table; table with very short legs
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
infancy; childhood; tender age
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
household economy; family finances
to have the privilege of doing
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
framed picture; framing (a picture); putting in a frame
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
rikka; formal style of ikebana
supporting role (actor); minor role
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise