noun:

• non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

noun:

• on the verge of sleep; just after falling asleep

noun:

• first obon following the death of a family member

noun:

• spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family) - archaism

noun:

• money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

noun / ~の noun:

• pseudopodium; pseudopod (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell)

noun:

• minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate

noun:

• bell with wooden clapper
• leader; guide (of the public)

noun:

• audience (with a person of high standing) ➜ 拝謁【はいえつ】
• eye-level

noun / ~する noun:

• outline; synopsis; abridgment; summary
• simplified form of a kanji

noun:

• dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)

noun:

• julienne (esp. of daikon); long, thin strips ➜ 繊蘿蔔

noun:

• slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

noun:

• progressive form - Linguistics term
• in progress (e.g. of a project)

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People

noun:

• tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye

noun:

• looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

noun:

• pledge made over winecups; exchange of nuptial cups

noun:

• pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)

noun / ~の noun:

• conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization

noun:

• policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated

adjectival noun / noun:

• small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics) - four character idiom Antonym: 重厚長大

noun:

• panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina)

noun:

• this academic subject or field of study; Confucian studies