having children; attempting to conceive
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
(made of) stone; stone-built
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
memory-making; making memories
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting)
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.
rural community development; rural community activation
networking; making contacts
creating a (usually favorable) environment
rice cultivation; rice farming
keeping soil in good condition
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
makeshift; improvised; hurriedly prepared; hastily got up
manner of Heian era palatial architecture
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud; building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses
personnel training; human resources development; character building
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
building with a gabled, hipped roof
thin strips of raw fish and squid
gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
sashimi with skin still attached
coiling (pottery-making method)
style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof, and are connected via an intermediate passageway
thinly made; slight build or stature
joined block construction of a statue
hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
ancient architectural style using interlocked triangular logs
style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu
made in the winter (sake)
rural community development; rural community activation
built in a night; stopgap; hastily written
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
inside finishing (of a house)
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style
dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other
shape of the head; using make-up