expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

• humph; hmph

noun:

• Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

noun:

• portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

noun:

• director of the dazaifu (ritsuryo system) ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun:

• the gums

noun:

• 54th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly

noun:

• spring wind telling the tidings of flowers

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin ➜ 糺す

noun:

• the Imperial Household Law

noun:

• (seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor) - colloquialism

noun:

• the Magna Carta

noun:

• long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

expression:

• thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• in the mud or mire

noun:

• The New Currency Act (1871)

expression / noun:

• first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

noun / ~する noun:

• evasion of the law; circumvention of the law

expression / ichidan verb:

• to decide the outcome (e.g. game)
• to be very different; to be sharply contrasted

expression / ichidan verb:

• to approach the finale; to come to a close

noun:

• the press; (in the) newspapers