noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

noun:

• journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive; leg (of a journey, relay race, etc.)
• itinerary
• stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

noun:

• Japanese text; sentence in Japanese

noun:

• Japanese person; Japanese people

noun:

• Japanese calendar
• Japanese imperial year

noun:

• Japanese text; sentence in Japanese - archaism ➜ 和文

noun / ~の noun:

• Japanese production; Japanese product - obscure term

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

noun:

• Nondenominationalism (a Japanese Christian group)

noun:

• a Muromachi era Japanese dictionary

noun:

• step in a Japanese entranceway

noun:

• underneath a Japanese plum tree ➜ スモモ

noun:

• The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching

noun:

• shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき