large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
(navigable) canal; waterway
galactic empire (in science fiction)
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
Taiga drama; annual year-long historical drama TV series produced by NHK
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
form of bondage torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling with their hands and legs bound behind them and a rock placed on their back (Edo period)
Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
everything is preordained
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
active galactic nucleus; AGN
Local Group (of galaxies)
Local Group (of galaxies)
glacial lake outburst flood
galactic cosmic rays; GCR
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
glacial striae; glacial striations; glacial grooves
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack