登り窯

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 登り窯 is read as のぼりがま and is a noun for a climbing kiln, a pottery kiln built upward along a slope for firing many vessels.
• Basic usage: Its setting appears in 斜面に築かれた登り窯, while placing vessels inside appears in 登り窯に器を並べる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Kiln using a slope
  • Its defining structure is a pottery-firing facility extending upward along inclined ground.
• Difference from 窯
  • 窯 broadly means a kiln for firing pottery or other materials, while 登り窯 is a particular kiln structure built up a slope.