noun:

• style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture

noun:

• opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

noun:

• ethics of science and technology

noun / ~する noun:

• time of departure

noun:

• manner of solving

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 企業短期経済観測調査【きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ】

noun:

• treaty of friendship

noun:

• the impermanence of worldly things; All worldly things are transitory - four character idiom ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun:

• history of commerce

noun:

• shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom - From English "antenna shop" ➜ パイロットショップ
• shop selling local specialities to Tokyo

noun:

• amount of rainfall

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be of use as a reference; to be helpful ➜ 参考にする

noun:

• results of rebellion

noun:

• complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 私地私民

noun:

• the seal of state

noun / ~する noun:

• suspension of ferry service

noun:

• person from any part of Japan that is not also part of Okinawa - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 内地

noun:

• balance of exchange

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables - Food term

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・ピー柿

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ