tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
systematic; methodical; scientific
brown; light brown; tawny
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.)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
lolicon; (sexual) attraction to prepubescent girls; someone attracted to very young girls; lolicon; someone attracted to young or young-looking female characters
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to be in focus; to come into focus
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
the whole day; all the day
how long; how far; how much
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly