noun:

• the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents) - archaism

noun:

• the US armed forces

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy

noun:

• the military and civilians

expression / ~よい adjective:

• what's the best thing to do?

noun:

• light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows) - from 白毫相光 - abbreviation

noun:

• the Encyclopedists

noun:

• direct-controlled municipality (of China)

noun / adjectival noun:

• unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• tea offering to the gods

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• house covered with dew; place covered with dew - archaism

noun:

• a well equipped with a pulley for drawing water

noun / ~する noun:

• die in battle; die in action - sensitive

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• the Wakatake Variety Theater

noun:

• purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• the southern polar stars - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

noun:

• triangular pyramid with equilateral base

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to ask the way

noun:

• lever mechanism, e.g. in bicycle brakes, metal shears, etc.

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

expression:

• at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)