Illustration: In a small furniture workshop, an apprentice has applied stain to a plain wooden stool, but its seat now has conspicuous dark blotches, pale streaks, and a nearly untouched patch. The apprentice holds the dripping brush above the surface and studies the irregular result with dismay.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

むら

mura

unevenness

Used for uneven colour, thickness or distribution. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 操作如何そうさいかんによっては、紙面しめんに多おおくのムラや厚薄こうはくを生しょうじやすい。

    Inadequate handling could cause unevenness in colors or thickness.

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

  2. 猪口ちょこに入いれて電子でんしレンジで温あたためるのも多少たしょうは有効ゆうこうだが、中なかにムラができやすい。

    It is also effective to certain extent to put sake into a choko and warm with a kitchen microwave, but it tends to cause uneven heat distribution in the sake.

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

  3. あえてムラを残のこすことでお好このみ焼やき全体ぜんたいにふわっとした食感しょくかんを与あたえることができる。

    To purposefully leave the unevenness of the egg can give the okonomiyaki a fluffy texture.

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

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