In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.

I'm troubled by this mole.

So they sought a place such that the conference seating would have them facing the Americans.

An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment

The launching of artificial earth satellites is commonly looked upon as an exploration of space.

a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease

a strand of pearls

When and why it was made is a mystery; any theories, such as a marker of one of the four corners of the Kawahara-ji Temple's territory, a relic related to a kofun (tumulus) including Saruishi (Stone Monkey), or an unfinished product in the process of making a griffin statue in the era of Emperor Saimei, don't draw a conclusion.

大化け (obake: big changing in the literal meaning): it's often the case that obake generally means phenomena whose size and effect have increased; Ancient Shinto, which is connected with Japanese folk belief, has a concept of value by which it is thought that the higher ranking divine spirits reside in bigger things, such as himorogi (temporarily erected sacred space or altar used as a locus of worship) and iwakura (dwelling place of a god, usually in reference to a large rock): a tree which has grown to a greater extent than others or a rock which is larger than others can be a house of (bakeru [change to]) the divine spirit.

Enshu school is a school of tea ceremony that can be said to represent the samurai tea ceremony; it features a style called 'kirei-sabi' (pure elegance), which is a synthesis of the austere and introspective way of tea incorporating 'wabi' (simplicity) and 'sabi' (elegance) developed by Joo TAKENO and SEN no Rikyu, and Masakazu KOBORI's original aesthetic sense, as influenced by Shigenari FURUTA.