floating bridge; pontoon bridge
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
exemplar; model; example; pattern
the modern era; present day
author; writer; novelist; artist
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
quality (of a product or a service)
chief; main; principal; major
knitting; knitted material; crochet
it is not (like that) either
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryo system)
tax on goods and personal possessions
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
cotton fabrics; cotton textiles
collection of similar objects; classification by similarity