noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• Golden Triangle (area near the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos)

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun:

• The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

noun:

• framing (e.g. a picture)
• flaming; hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the internet

noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

noun:

• Panthera (genus of the cat family Felidae containing tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards)

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

noun:

• sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor); companion

noun:

• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

noun:

• court noble; nobility ➜ 公家【くげ】
• three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government) ［こうけい］

noun:

• iyamisu; mystery fiction subgenre dealing with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature - from イヤな汗 and ミステリー ➜ 嫌【いや】

noun:

• unification of the written and spoken forms of a language - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell - four character idiom

expression:

• inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの

noun:

• Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven) ➜ 聖母マリア