noun:

• restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration - four character idiom

noun:

• beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun) ➜ めかけ

adjectival noun / noun:

• second in rank; second sign of the Chinese calendar

adjectival noun / noun:

• long time (since the last time); many days ➜ 久し振り

noun / ~する noun:

• searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• old-fashioned; conservatism; standing evil; the old school; antiquated

noun / ~する noun:

• humbly presenting; respecfully presenting

expression:

• with the author's compliments - when giving a book, etc.

noun:

• Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx) - Buddhism term

prefix:

• hypo- -ous (indicating the lowest oxidation state); hypo- -ite

adverb:

• at first; at the outset; to begin with

noun:

• aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

noun:

• sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)

adverb:

• above all; especially; particularly; all the more

noun:

• Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

noun:

• full tank; filling up the tank

noun:

• outer canthus; outer corner of the eye ➜ 目頭

noun:

• the way (to somewhere); how to reach (a place)

noun:

• flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus) - 牛尾魚 is gikun

noun:

• catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
• earthquake - archaism

noun:

• family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

noun / ~する noun:

• sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death) - onomatopoeia

expression / adverb:

• all the more; still more

noun:

• cosmetic (plastic) surgery of the nose; rhinoplasty; nose job

noun:

• eve of the anniversary of a person's death