to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to spend time (on doing something)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
split; division; break up
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
glacial period; glacial; glaciation
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
cold; coldness; chilliness
fusion; melting; liquefaction
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
sea level rise; rise in sea level
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
continuation; succession; series
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
originally; by nature; from the start
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sea level; (surface of) sea
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
slough; swampy lowland; moor; marsh
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to increase; to add to; to augment
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)