noun:

• shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

noun / ~する noun:

• handling carefully; tiding over; making best of; using discretion

noun:

• unexplored region; one of the most secluded regions

noun:

• river surface; surface of a river

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

noun:

• persons or animals added to a picture; incidental details of a picture

noun:

• hayfield; field of miscanthus

noun:

• appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

noun:

• Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

noun:

• essay on poetry; theory of poetry

noun:

• export value; value of exports

noun / ~する noun:

• looking afar; taking an extensive view of - archaism

noun:

• ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people - four character idiom

noun:

• declination; angle of deviation
• argument (of complex number) - Mathematics term

noun:

• Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns ➜ お盆

noun:

• Anthozoa; class of cnidarians

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命

expression:

• extravagant; wasteful of money

noun:

• early unofficial job offer; informal promise of employment ➜ 内定

noun:

• small area; a pinch of earth

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun:

• maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks ➜ 産休
• paternity leave

noun:

• coxarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the hip

noun:

• resting place; haven of rest