loveable; very likeable; like very much
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to keep an eye on; to take care of
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
outward; superficial; external; apparent
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
youthful; young; young-looking
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
for a while; for some time; for a period
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to drop; to lose; to let fall
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
pottery (i.e. the place); potter
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to spend time (on doing something)
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river