noun:

• hades; realm of the dead; the next world ➜ 黄泉【よみ】

noun:

• pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition - four character idiom

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun:

• peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine

noun:

• gravitational field (of a celestial body); sphere of gravitation; gravisphere - Astronomy term ➜ 重力場

noun:

• Little New Year (festival held on January 15th); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu

noun:

• lex talionis; the law of talion; an eye for an eye - Law term - From Latin "talio"

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

noun / adjectival noun:

• being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money

noun:

• isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated

noun:

• longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes [literal] - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit; to be exorcised from the fox spirit

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

noun:

• mental condition; state of mind; mentality

noun / ~する noun:

• spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story - colloquialism ➜ ねた・ばれる

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world - four character idiom

noun:

• paleography; study of ancient documents; study of ancient writing

noun / ~する noun:

• undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
• characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term

noun:

• catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish

noun:

• Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member [literal]

expression:

• for mercy's sake; for the love of God; for goodness' sake