skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
less than; under; short of; insufficient; lacking
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
saintliness; great virtue; eminent virtue
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel; gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
playing in the mud; playing with mud
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
good performance; good work; great success
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
small vase for one or two flowers; flower arrangement of one or two flowers
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
unexpectedly; surprisingly