wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
that is to say; so that means
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
plain; plateau; tableland
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
incident; affair; happening; event
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect