head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
document; official papers
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to rush over; to run up to
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
reasoning; logic; persuasion
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
general idea; concept; notion
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
air of luxury; high class feel
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
in a day; in a brief space of time
from the beginning; from scratch
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis