Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
(navigable) canal; waterway
galactic empire (in science fiction)
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)
Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
everything is preordained
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
glacial lake outburst flood
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
glacial striae; glacial striations; glacial grooves
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack