human work; human agency; art; artificiality
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
older brother and younger sister
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
genetics; study of heredity
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
process; course; mechanism
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
until now; so far; up to the present
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
single word; a few words; brief comment
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to increase; to add to; to augment
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
mockery; derision; ridicule