potato (Solanum tuberosum)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to be to the point; to be pertinent
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
making practical; making useful; implementing
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
intensification; aggravation
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
successive generations; successive emperors
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
alert status; emergency alert
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
of all things (days, etc.)
to send or direct a person to
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to have a reason; to have an excuse