noun:

• festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

noun:

• length of the course of study

noun:

• history of a people

noun:

• spirit of dedication to one's company

noun:

• Sino-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (1896)

noun:

• lower branches of a tree ➜ 上枝

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

noun:

• grounds south of a building; southern garden
• garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

noun:

• survival of the fittest - four character idiom

noun:

• mode of expression

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• type of detector used at airports

noun:

• the seven previous incarnations of Buddha ➜ 七仏

noun:

• transcript of results; report of results

noun:

• torii made of stone ➜ 鳥居

noun:

• man of principle

noun:

• Society of Friends; Quakers

noun:

• separation of electrical power production from power distribution and transmission

noun:

• technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt - Sumo term

noun:

• statement of delivery; delivery slip; delivery note

noun:

• certificate of enrollment; certificate of (school) registration

expression:

• way of dealing with; way of handling

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence