noun:

• building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.

noun:

• House of Representatives Steering Committee

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

noun:

• percentage of school attendance

noun:

• sedimentation (rate) of blood cells

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun:

• troupe of magicians

noun:

• measures for the promotion of; stimulation measure (for the economy)

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

noun:

• text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

noun:

• maid in an Osaka brothel - archaism

noun:

• the seven previous incarnations of Buddha - abbreviation ➜ 過去七仏

noun:

• leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

noun:

• glass of wine - From English "glass wine"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"

noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

expression:

• in the name of justice

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• key of C - Music term

noun:

• nock of an arrow
• forked tool used for hanging scrolls

suffix:

• honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - honorific language - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 関取

noun:

• The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE) ➜ 孫子【そんし】

noun:

• Edo period inspection of rice plants

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience