to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
tool; implement; means; furniture
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
matcha; powdered green tea
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea; tea ladle
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing