tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
warm and snug; soft and comfortable
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
light music; popular music
scene; sight; scenario; setting
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
program (e.g. TV); programme
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to overdo; to do too much
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
bed of salted rice bran used for pickling
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
one's own work; making by oneself
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up