expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb

noun:

• Ascension Day; Feast of the Ascension

noun / ~の noun:

• Falconidae; family of birds of prey

noun:

• Otariidae; family of eared seals

noun:

• noble rot; Botrytis cinerea infection, esp. of grapes

noun:

• forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom

noun:

• eisbein; German dish of pickled ham hock - Food term - From German "Eisbein"

noun:

• race issue; problem of race

noun:

• democide; the murder of any person or people by a government

noun:

• national or local pride; the pride of one's native place

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

noun:

• lucky day; day of celebration ➜ 吉日

noun:

• Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan

suffix / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing - with masu stem ➜ つつ

godan ~す verb:

• to gnaw at and scatter around; to start a lot of things without finishing any

noun:

• Taegukgi; national flag of South Korea

noun:

• tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

noun:

• workplace; place of work

noun:

• futomaki; thick roll of makizushi

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

noun:

• Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept - Buddhism term

noun:

• battle dust; the tumult of war

noun:

• baking soda; bicarbonate of soda