instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
one day; (on) a certain day
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
completion; perfection; accomplishment
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
connection; link; relationship
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
burial urn (often two-storey); funerary urn
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to spread; to be propagated
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
religious studies; study of religion
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death