conference; council; convention
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
president (of a society); chairman
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
several people; a few people
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
mutually; reciprocally; together
section meeting; division (of a larger organisation); department; section
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
branch; branch office; subdivision
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
in terms of; from the point of view of
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
snow melting; water from melting snow
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
dictation; verbal statement
material; substance; matter
to become settled; to be fixed
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal