potter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae); mason wasp
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
ago; since; before; previous
papermaking; paper manufacture
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to order; to command; to appoint
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
long time; long interval; for quite some time
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
already; now; no longer; not any more
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
fresco; mural; wall painting
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
Empress Kougyoku; Kougyoku Tenno (594-661 CE, reigning: 642-645 CE)
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document