Vocabulary

priced dirt cheap

a tip

playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness

teacup saucer

tea-server

tea-growing district; tea-producing center

liquor consumed in a teahouse

tea ladle

kettle (used in tea ceremony)

tea room

teapot

used tea leaves

giving up or abstaining from tea

tea jar; tea urn

shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept

tea drinking

tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy

teacup

chat over tea

rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu

stomach filled with tea

tea strainer

tea-picking song

tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut

tea chest

cake or snack served with tea

tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements

prepayment of income taxes

deposit

preliminary election; primary (election)

farewell party for graduates (held prior to graduation)

foreword; preface; introduction

introduction

foreword; preface; introduction

beginnings; origins

ordinal number

early stages (of a game); opening phase

in the open; the open air

open-air bath

Nowaki (28th roll of the Tale of Genji)