growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
(an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
origin; beginning; source; rise
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
time; hour; period; class
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to search for; to seek for; to look for
as (for); for; in the capacity of
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
folklore studies; folkloristics
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more