group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
simply; merely; only; solely
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
slope; slanting surface; bevel
stairs; stairway; staircase
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
dry riverbed; river beach
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
middle period; medium-term
scale; scope; plan; structure
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
union; joining; conjugation
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period