Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
favorite; favourite; habitually used
wild silkworm moth (Bombyx mandarina)
silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
pre-war days; before the war
at that time; in those days
amount of money; sum of money
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
export; exportation; efferent
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
tool; implement; means; furniture
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
head house (family); birthplace; originator
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Huang Di (The Yellow Emperor; legendary emperor of China)
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
Spain; Spanish (language)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn