to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to say; to be called; to do
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
to name; to call; to christen; to term
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
treatment; service; handling; management
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
rare; uncommon; not often seen
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
good policy; wise policy; best plan
but; however; although; though
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention