fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
tall figure; high stature
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
waste of time; killing time
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
study; diligence; discount; reduction
sons and daughters; children; girl
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
restoration; repair; mending
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
keeping house; being confined to one's house
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to govern; to manage; to subdue
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to win and advance to the next round
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to not take seriously; to take lightly
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to live; to make a living; to get on with