invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
meaning; significance; sense
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
time; hour; period; class
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to ask; to enquire; to query
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
Nagano (city, prefecture)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
department of agriculture
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
discovery; detection; finding
conifer; needle-leaved tree
primeval forest; virgin forest
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
in search of; in order to look for
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
cultivation; nurture; culture
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
study; research; investigation
participation; joining; entry; adherence
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in