ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
porcelain; china; chinaware
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
making one's best exertions
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
kintsugi; repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
rarity (esp. of collectables, trading cards, etc.)
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
article; item; thing; goods; wares
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
design; idea; conception; plan
climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope
potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
electrically powered; electric
strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
potter; ceramist; ceramicist
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage