origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
baking at a high temperature; firing (pottery); calcination
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
user's manual; instruction manual
very interesting; of great interest
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
family vacation; family trip
intelligence test; IQ test
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
to mix; to stir; to blend
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
kill; kill (shot); smash; spike (in volleyball)
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
briskly; quickly; promptly
the way one works; one's working manner
outside world; physical world
royal capital; imperial capital
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork; trident
aquatic (life); living in the water