twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel; gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
playing in the mud; playing with mud
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
good performance; good work; great success
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
unexpectedly; surprisingly
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
ninja throwing knives; mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
double-edged; double-edged blade
all times and places; all ages and countries