inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
to find useful; to think highly of
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
black ground; black cloth
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
wheat straw; barley straw
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
one wing; (a) role; (a) part
Oribe ware (style of Japanese pottery)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to become better; to improve
semi-transparent; translucent
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
the big two...; two major...; two main...
ceramics; ceramic industry
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow