straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
people; citizens; subjects; folk
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel
without permission; without notice
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
use; utilization; utilisation; application
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
it is not (like that) either
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
a long time ago; in those days
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
study; research; investigation
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
memories; recollections; reminiscence
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
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
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track