noun:

• Hinayana (the Lesser Vehicle)

noun:

• issue of the battle

noun:

• circumstances of the office

noun:

• China under the Manchus

noun:

• abuses of the times

noun:

• distinction of the sexes

noun:

• the mystery of creation

noun:

• Scutum (constellation); the Shield

noun:

• playing on the koto

expression:

• end of the earth

noun:

• beginning of the year

noun:

• along the southern coast

adverb:

• for the first time

noun:

• the Philippines and Japan

noun:

• on the first opportunity

noun:

• the pleasures of literature

noun:

• the Emperor's age

noun:

• the masses; common people

expression / adjective:

• bad for the eyes

noun:

• deep in the forest

adverbial noun:

• the two; both

expression:

• along the route (line)

noun:

• the Wakatake Variety Theater

noun:

• off-the-shoulder neckline

noun / ~の noun:

• breach of the rules