study; research; investigation
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
undergoing training; learning
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
original idea; originality
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
bed and food; eating and sleeping
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
belief; faith; conviction
dissection; autopsy; analysis
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
progress; advance; improvement; development
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague