happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
the other day; lately; recently
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
senior high school student
very young; little; childish; immature
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to have a talk; to tell a story
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
sympathy; empathy; response
homecoming; returning home
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
private airplane; private jet
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
long; drawn-out; very long
to arrange (flowers); to plant
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
Oribe ware (style of Japanese pottery)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
solitude; loneliness; isolation
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all