amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to forget to say; to forget to mention
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
that's the way it is; such is life
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo