noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom

noun:

• carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)

noun:

• the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• the kalpa of nothingness (the final aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

noun:

• Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉諾尊

adverb / ~と adverb:

• burbling - onomatopoeia
• hollow (sounding) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• holey; full of holes or dents; lumpy; bumpy

adjectival noun:

• viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly ［ボコボコ・ぼこぼこ］ - colloquialism

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there ［ポコポコ・ぽこぽこ］ - onomatopoeia
• (sound of) walking slowly ［ポコポコ・ぽこぽこ］ - onomatopoeia

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term ➜ 北玉時代

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• Golden Triangle (area near the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos)

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• Panthera (genus of the cat family Felidae containing tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards)

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• court noble; nobility ➜ 公家【くげ】
• three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government) ［こうけい］