person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to be sooty; to be stained
casting; founding; minting
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
moisture; humidity; dampness
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
ceramics; pottery and porcelain
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
unglazed pottery; bisque; roasting or grilling without seasoning (seafood, nuts, etc.); simple okonomiyaki without any extra ingredients
burning off a field (in early spring)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
progress; advance; improvement; development