result; effect; performance; success
way of eating; how to eat
shell (e.g. electron shell)
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
round bar (of metal, etc.)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
to machine; to cut; to scrape
potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
open air; outdoors; outside
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle; naruko; wooden clapper (held in both hands and shaken)
Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
thinly painted; thinly lacquered
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
unkindness; unfriendliness
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
evening meal; dinner; supper
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out