growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
author; writer; novelist; artist
Karel Čapek (Czech writer, 1890-1938)
drama; play; Chinese opera
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to telephone; to make a phone call
around the world; throughout the world
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
made in Japan; Japanese-made
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
accumulation; accumulate; store
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to become possible; to become able to (do)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
operation; functioning; running
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to assemble; to set up; to construct
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
American Indian; Native American
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
to mark with a dot (point)
hair style; way of dressing hair
(American) Indian; Native American; Indian
world peace; peace of the world