noun:

• (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律
• ninth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• powers of observation

expression:

• At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom

noun:

• terms of service; terms of use; terms and conditions

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be of use (service)

noun:

• banks of the Sumida river

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

expression / noun:

• principle of least action - Physics term

expression / noun:

• humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace - proverb ➜ 会稽の恥を雪ぐ【かいけいのはじをすすぐ】

noun:

• narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision - four character idiom

noun:

• severing of connections or relations

noun:

• angle of friction; frictional angle - Physics term

adverb:

• instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for ➜ 代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】

noun:

• Minister of the Imperial Household ➜ 宮内省

noun:

• five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun:

• underside of a bird's wing
• lining of a haori ➜ 羽織

noun:

• method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)

noun:

• expression of love; showing love

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• existing of or by itself; self-existence

noun:

• life of meditation; contemplative life - four character idiom

noun:

• manner of Heian era palatial architecture

expression / noun:

• Tower of Hanoi (puzzle)

noun:

• circle of acquaintance

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the hardships of the old year
• year-end drinking party ➜ 忘年会

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門