(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
three; three years of age
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
being dotted with; being scattered
Toyama (city, prefecture)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
middle west; Midwest (United States)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
eastern part; the east (of a region)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
along; parallel to; in accordance with
people; men and women; each person; everybody
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway