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open sea; Okinawa

1

researcher

3

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

2

land reclamation

3

reuse

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

5

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

3

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

3

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

1

wild idea; delusion

3

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

4

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

5

value; worth; merit

1

estimate (of costs); budget

2

extensive; vast range; wide scope

1

to shave off; to scrape off

1

marine sediment

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

sediment; deposit

1

wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

2

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

1

learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference

2

dilettante; person of fantastic taste

1

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

design

1

first generation; founder

1

Akasegawa Genpei (1937.3-)

1

old age; oncoming age

1

legs and loins

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

retirement

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

2

one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

2

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

Terunobu

4

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

3

Tokyo University

1

modern architecture; modernist architecture

1

history

1

electron; electronic

1

intellectual

1

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

3

moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects

1

academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles

1