earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
only; merely; but; no more than
"goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
agricultural community; farm village; rural
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
from the beginning; from scratch
(social) position; status
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
antiquity; the previous era
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above