refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
every year; yearly; annually
March; third month of the lunar calendar
unable to resist; unable to suppress
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
just because; even if; even though
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
being very busy; busyness
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to concern; to be related
a second time; again; once more; twice
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long