noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun:

• kings; children of nobles; young nobleman - archaism

noun / prefix noun:

• Asian; (person) of Asian descent; Asian- (e.g. Asian-American)

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request ➜ 臨時国会

noun:

• atomic-bomb sickness; symptoms of radiation sickness caused by an atomic-bomb (i.e. high fever, nausea); illness caused by atomic-bomb radiation exposure (e.g. leukemia, malignant tumors)

suffix:

• playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

expression / ichidan verb:

• to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• quick-witted; a flash of brilliance; great wisdom - four character idiom

noun:

• family registry (of the district); original of one's family register; archive of family registers

noun:

• academic predecessor; scholars of the past; senior scholar ➜ 後学

noun:

• having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing

noun / ~する noun:

• fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting - four character idiom

noun:

• operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign

noun:

• character building; formation of character; personality development

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

noun:

• threat behavior; show of force; deimatic behavior

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
• study of biblical interpretation

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

noun:

• conservatory; college of music; music academy

noun:

• academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study

noun:

• (political) policy position; line of policy; party line

noun:

• one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

noun:

• cloud; look of the sky; movement of clouds
• kabuki accessory representing a cloud
• type of strange mist appearing in the sky, used for divination