goods on display; (an) exhibit; exhibition (of goods)
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
carving; engraving; sculpture
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
tax planning; tax reduction strategy
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster
Tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
highest grade; superlative degree
here and there; in places
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation