flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
penetration; permeation; transmission
manifestation (of a celestial being)
action; operation; effect; function
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
stereotyped; patterned; typical
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
reality; actuality; hard fact
mutation; change; vicissitude
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
direct descent; direct line
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
stone carving or engraving
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
Gupta dynasty (of India, approx. 320-600 CE)