China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
fate; destiny; predestination
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
thousands; several thousand
nothing; nil; naught; nought
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
representative; exemplary; model
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
alliance and rupture; meeting and parting
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
scoliid wasp (any wasp of family Scoliidae)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
Committee of the National Diet
whole nation; whole land; whole country
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
troubled times; turbulent times
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
benevolence; charity; love