lacquerware; lacquer ware
Refers to objects coated with Japanese lacquer (urushi), such as bowls, trays, and boxes. A common term in traditional crafts and daily life.
祖母は大切な漆器を箱にしまっている。
My grandmother keeps her precious lacquerware in a box.
Lacquerware from Wajima is very famous.
この地域は漆器の産地として有名だ。
This region is famous as a production center for lacquerware.
漆器は丁寧に扱ってください。
Please handle the lacquerware carefully.
The craftsman finishes the lacquerware by coating it several times.
漆器 refers specifically to finished lacquerware objects, while 漆塗り covers both the lacquering process itself and the resulting ware.
漆 is the raw lacquer material, while 漆器 refers to the finished objects coated with that lacquer.
陶器 refers to pottery/ceramic ware, which learners sometimes confuse with 漆器 despite being a completely different material and craft.
Compound of 漆 (urushi, 'lacquer') and 器 (ki, 'vessel, utensil'). The reading しっき is a regular sound change from しつき.