in public; in company; in the presence of others
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
everyday life; daily life
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
clearing one's throat; cough
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
Darjeeling (tea); Darjeeling (India); Darjiling
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
person being waited for; person who waits
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
corpulence; fatness; obesity
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
your husband; her husband
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
like a decent person; human
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)