relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
center; centre; metropolis
Nagano (city, prefecture)
ceramics; ceramic industry
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
quickly; calmly; intently
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
to be smeared; to be covered
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief