direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
ingredient; component; composition
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
ban on import; import ban; import prohibition; prohibition of importation
sales; selling; marketing
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
Toyama (city, prefecture)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
gastrointestinal disorder
snake; serpent; large snake
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)