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    3. 漆

    漆

    漆うるし

    East Asian lacquer

    KMT9News #19+1NounArt & DesignKanji Vocab14 strokes

    うるしウルシ

    Noun

    1.
    East Asian lacquer, japan
    2.
    Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
    word usually written using kana alone

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    このお椀わんは漆うるしでできています。

    This bowl is made of lacquer.

    KMT6Art & DesignFood & Dining
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう工こう芸げいには、漆うるしを使つかったものが多おおくあります。

    Many traditional Japanese crafts use lacquer.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    漆しっ器きは、その美うつくしい光こう沢たくと耐たい久きゅう性せいで世せ界かい的てきに評ひょう価かされている。

    Lacquerware is globally renowned for its beautiful luster and durability.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    漆うるしの木きから採さい取しゅされる樹じゅ液えきが、漆しっ器きの原げん料りょうとなる。

    The sap collected from the lacquer tree becomes the raw material for lacquerware.

    KMT9Art & DesignNature & Environment
    金きん継つぎは、割われた陶とう磁じ器きを漆うるしと金きん粉ぷんで修しゅう復ふくする日に本ほんの伝でん統とう技ぎ術じゅつだ。

    Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold powder.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    漆
    うるし…(2)
    lacquer・varnish・seven
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