noun:

• writing style used to write the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• pushing against the wooden pole in practice - Sumo term

noun:

• medal; badge; insignia (worn on the chest)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)

noun:

• The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi ➜ 五経

expression:

• continued luck in the fortunes of war - four character idiom

adverb:

• nearly; almost; on the point of (doing)

noun:

• Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

adverbial noun:

• course of medical treatment; under-the-doctor

noun:

• stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament) - four character idiom

expression:

• The young should be regarded with respect - four character idiom

noun:

• match held in front of the Emperor - Sumo term

noun:

• argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• persuasiveness; skilled in the art of persuasion - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country - four character idiom

noun:

• game held with the Emperor in attendance

noun:

• living in seclusion; retired from the world - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• worldwide; common to the whole world; universal - four character idiom

expression:

• jokingly; in the form of a joke

noun:

• gardening; puttering around in the garden

adjectival noun:

• insane; mad; crazy; light in the head

noun:

• the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments

noun:

• the large number of temples in Kyoto - four character idiom

noun:

• Cupressaceae; family comprising the cypresses

noun:

• the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.) ➜ 文学