link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
tattoo artist; tattooist; engraver; carver; sculptor
observance of the Buddha's teachings
reason; cause; history; origin
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to find out; to discover; to detect
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
stoneware; pottery; ceramics fired at a high temperature
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
combustibles; inflammables; flammables; burnables
burning off a field (in early spring)
very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
yakishime chinaware; high-fired unglazed ceramics
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
potter's clay; kaolin; kaoline
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
pitching ability; counter for pitches
ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)