expression / noun:

• the Last Supper

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

noun:

• stay in hospital; hospital stay

noun:

• the universe; the cosmos

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank - Sumo term

noun:

• all the daimyos

noun / ~の noun:

• place near the beach; place near the shore

noun:

• ceremony held at the end of a school term

noun:

• the sound of the kana "n"

noun:

• hand used like a sword in striking

noun:

• plastic packing material with air bubbles; bubble wrap - From English "air cap"
• cap on a tyre valve
• brand of lawn mower

noun:

• passing the civil service examination

noun:

• relief work for the unemployed

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

noun:

• the 10 precepts - Buddhism term ➜ 十戒

noun / ~の noun:

• desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires - four character idiom

noun:

• oyakodon-like dish made with something other than chicken; bowl of rice with cooked meat (esp. beef or pork) and eggs on top - Food term ➜ 親子丼

~の noun:

• against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal

expression / noun:

• tragedy of the commons - Economics term

noun:

• seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy ➜ 佃煮

noun / ~する noun:

• direct proportion; direct ratio

noun:

• the Imperial Japanese Army - obsolete term

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• practice book used in jōruri and nagauta