hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
since the dawn of history
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
coagulation; freezing; solidification
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
several hundred million years
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
creation (of the universe); the Creation
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
farming; agriculture; cultivation
village; hamlet; settlement
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
wide difference; a world of difference
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
progress; advance; improvement; development