to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
setting a place; setting the table
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
pardon me for leaving (first)
to have a meal; to take a meal
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
pointing out; identification
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to discuss; to talk together
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
(within a) territory; domains
had better ...; had better not ...
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into