noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

noun:

• 7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• writing left by the deceased

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

noun:

• round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court

noun:

• punishment by imprisonment or curtailment of liberties

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

noun:

• catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

noun:

• physical reaction caused by a phobia about going to work

noun:

• population classified by prefectures

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to live by the pen

adverb:

• by a single blow

expression / adverb:

• by sheer strength; by brute force

expression:

• by conjecture (deduction)

noun:

• long cloak worn by soldiers, students, etc. (Meiji period)

noun:

• fine monk's robes worn by members of the imperial household, nobility, councilors (councillors), etc.

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden by beating

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated by death

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing food (esp. fish) by rinsing it with vinegar - Food term

noun:

• technique of throwing one's opponent by pushing his chest while holding his thigh; thigh-grabbing push down - Sumo term

expression:

• by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture