tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
author; writer; novelist; artist
hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
literary history; history of literature
Turkey; Türkiye; turquoise
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to continue to work; to work away (at)
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
bureaucratic routine; red tape
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
ama; female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
river; stream; River; the ... river
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
Imperial Household Agency
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
hereditary system; hereditary succession
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
the ways of the world; human nature
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
innumerable; countless; numberless
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement