Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
idea (in Platonic thought)
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
weird; disgusting; sickening
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
brilliant; bright; radiant
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
individual; particular; discrete; distinct
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
hey there; I say; see here
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
passion; temper; irritability
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend