expression of appreciation (for someone's efforts); thanks
tone (of voice); manner of talking
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
common people; ordinary people; masses
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to be helpful; to be useful
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
that; the matter in question
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to begin to walk; to set out
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
memory; sense; experience
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to put into the mouth; to eat
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
with a start; with a jump
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary