year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to hide; to keep to oneself
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
numerator; molecule; member; element
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
ago; since; before; previous
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
in person; personally; directly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to face; to go towards; to head towards
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to be too numerous; to be too much
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
target group; target persons
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
plural; multiple; several
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
surroundings; environs; circumference
by means of; due to; because of; according to