tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
at the window; by the window; next to the window
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
young master; son of a high-ranking person
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
agreement; stipulation; contract
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
troubled face; worried expression
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)