Koubeawajinaruto Expressway
Seto Oohashi; Great Seto Bridge
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
Honshuushikokurenrakudouro
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
fiber-optic cable; fibre-optic cable
(essential) utilities; lifeline
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)
marine life; marine organism
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
environmental destruction
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
black finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
academic study; academic research
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)