size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
(wearing) low over one's eyes
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
major subject; special study
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
study; research; investigation
Kagawa Nutrition University
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
assistant professor; associate professor
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
opinion; point of view; visual point
(written) work; book; writings
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
association; society; organization; organisation
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology