gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent
flour; meal; powder; dust
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
autograph; one's own handwriting; personal note
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
smooth; even; level; flat
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
embossed gilt lacquerwork
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)