international; diplomatic intercourse
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
for personal or private use; opinionated
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
interruption; suspension; break
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)
second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China); twelfth lunar month
wind and waves; waves stirred by the wind
beginninglessness; (arch.) distant past
chilly; unpleasantly cold
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
shell (e.g. electron shell)
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend