bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
eruption; volcanic eruption
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
water vapour; water vapor; steam
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
Shiji; Shih-chi; The Historical Records (ancient Chinese historical record)
Ministry of State (Zhou-dynasty China)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
incidentally; at the same time
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
castle town; fortified town
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788)
to write down; to record; to register
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
to be cleared of a charge
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
production (e.g. play); direction
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
calamity; disaster; accident
different opinion; objection
in person; personally; directly