noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

noun:

• the selling of waste land (worthless property) by unscrupulous real-estate developers - four character idiom

expression:

• At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom

noun:

• lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out - four character idiom

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• to have the memory of having done something oneself (subordinate phrase) ➜ 身に覚えがある

noun:

• Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28)

noun:

• Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)

noun:

• Kōwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28)

noun:

• Genchū era (of the Southern Court) (1384.4.28-1392.10.5)

noun:

• Kōei era (of the Northern Court) (1342.4.27-1345.10.21)

noun:

• Kōan era (of the Northern Court) (1361.3.29-1362.9.23)

noun:

• Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)

noun:

• Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court) (1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

noun:

• Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)

noun:

• Kōō era (of the Northern Court) (1389.2.9-1390.3.26)

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 逢う魔が時

noun:

• rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus

noun:

• posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) ➜ 贈り名

noun:

• fashionable hairstyle, particularly to attract members of the opposite sex

adverb / ~する noun:

• shrill whistling sound - onomatopoeia
• reddening or brightening slightly
• rush of blood to the head