stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
archeological excavation (archaeological)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
at that time; in those days
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to accept; to receive; to agree
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
chipped stone tool; flaked stone tool
chopping tool; chopping stoneware
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
at first; in the beginning; originally
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
every place; various places
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
when it becomes; when it comes to