international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
mutually; reciprocally; together
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
in terms of; from the point of view of
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
snow melting; water from melting snow
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
dictation; verbal statement
material; substance; matter
to become settled; to be fixed
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
crystalline material; crystalline substance
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances