noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve - four character idiom

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽

noun:

• sound of rustling leaves

noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient - four character idiom

noun:

• eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east) ➜ 九星

noun:

• the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are - four character idiom

noun:

• manner of singing

noun:

• sense of politics; feeling for politics - four character idiom

noun:

• hymns of praise in Japanese - Buddhism term

noun:

• offerings of food (to the gods) - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approve of ➜ 我が意を得たり

noun:

• range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document) - IT term

expression:

• the humble shield of our Sovereign Lord

noun:

• regulation of freedom of speech

noun:

• act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt - four character idiom

noun:

• news of someone's death ➜ 訃報

noun:

• collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies

suffix:

• honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language

noun:

• returning half of a consolatory or celebratory gift

noun:

• Ministry of Rites (Zhou-dynasty China) ➜ 六官

expression:

• after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

noun:

• last of the traditional set of five noh plays

noun:

• piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood

noun:

• anniversary of the establishment (of)