border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
prayer (for something); supplication
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
birth; creation; formation
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa
richly colored; richly coloured
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank