worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
pottery (i.e. the place); potter
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
president (of a society); chairman
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school