Illustration: In a small ceramics shop, a maker holds a delicate porcelain tea cup toward a window so daylight passes softly through its thin wall. A customer peers closely at the faint shadow of the maker’s fingers visible through the cup.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

磁じ器き

jiki

porcelain, china

Example sentences

  1. 食器しょっきは、漆器しっき、陶器とうき、 磁器じきなど、多おおくの種類しゅるいを併用へいようする。

    Tableware of many types, such as lacquer-ware, earthenware, and porcelain, are used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 現在げんざいでは懐石料理かいせきりょうりに用もちいる器うつわは陶器とうき、磁器じき、漆器しっき、白木しらき、ガラス器きなどがある。

    Today, the dishes used for kaiseki ryori include pottery, porcelain, lacquer ware, plain wood and glass.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. それらは磁器じきの輸送ゆそうの際さいに詰つめ物ものに使つかわれていたものだったという。

    It is said that Hokusai Manga was used as the packing material for shipping porcelain.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 磁器

  • 磁magnet; porcelainOnジ
  • 器utensil; vesselOnキKunうつわ

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