likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to provide; to arrange; to install
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
elder sister; effeminate man
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
our country; our land; one's own country
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
the porcelain or ceramics industry
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
workshop; studio; atelier
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like