ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
duple meter; duple metre; duple time
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
going up and down; going back and forth
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
reduced scale; scaling down
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
exile; banishment; deportation
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
world history; international history
recitation; reciting from memory
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
entry into port; arriving in harbor
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
mountain range; mountain system