recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
close; intimate; on good terms
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
flour; meal; powder; dust
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to work hard; to make an effort
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
individual; private person; personal; private
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
trial product; prototype model
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
small token of one's sentiments; just slightly; only a bit