noun:

• kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)

noun:

• splitting the bill - From English "Dutch account" ➜ 割り勘

noun:

• national treasury
• warehouse owned by the government

noun:

• on-the-spot interview by surrounding reporters

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟・鳳凰・霊亀・応竜

noun:

• the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology ➜ 四霊

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟【きりん】・鳳凰【ほうおう】・霊亀【れいき】・応竜【おうりゅう】

noun:

• sunlight sifting through the tree leaves - obscure term

noun:

• koi carp caught during the cold season ➜ 鯉

noun / ~する noun:

• holding one's course; continuing the voyage

noun:

• the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings - Buddhism term ➜ 不動明王・釈迦如来・文殊菩薩・普賢菩薩・地蔵菩薩・弥勒菩薩・薬師如来・観世音菩薩・勢至菩薩・阿弥陀如来・阿しゅく仏・大日如来・虚空蔵菩薩

noun:

• female servant who works in the kitchen ➜ 水仕事

noun:

• the morning after (having slept together) - archaism

noun:

• creeping plant withered in the winter cold - archaism

expression:

• Suit your speech to the audience

noun:

• saving the world; promoting national welfare

noun:

• cloth wrapped around the hips (esp. women) - archaism ➜ 腰巻

noun:

• white shoes (for use during the summer)

noun / ~の noun:

• being on the ropes; losing ground

noun:

• work hakama for use in the snow ➜ 山袴

noun:

• Tachyglossidae; family including the echidnas ➜ ハリモグラ

noun:

• thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

noun / ~する noun:

• reselling train tickets on the black market - slang - obscure term

noun:

• overnight call; loan repaid the next day

noun:

• sweets for offering at the Dolls' Festival