movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
enumeration; citation; listing
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
reopening; resumption; restarting
foreign; abroad; overseas
various countries; various regions; various provinces
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
smoothly; easily; readily
recitation; reciting from memory
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be found; to be discovered
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
theatre-going; theater-going
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
word for word; verbatim; literally