noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

noun:

• Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching) ➜ 金光明経

noun:

• low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

noun:

• appearing rustic
• ancient song played at the court
• comical tanka ➜ 狂歌

noun:

• economic boom created by the Tokyo Olympic Games (1962-1964)

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

expression:

• even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking - proverb

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)