excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
environmental problem; environmental issue
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
expertise; experience; knowledge
quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
progress; advance; improvement; development
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
storage pit (esp. Jomon to Yayoi periods)
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
historic; historical; traditional
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to take on a role; to take part