noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪趣・三悪【さんあく】

noun:

• (successive lords) using the same retainers

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fall on one's backside ➜ 尻餅

noun:

• twenty-third day of the month
• twenty-three days

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to draw (a bow) to the limit
• to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp
• to strain (voice)

noun:

• shimmering of hot air

noun:

• salt air; sea air

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• the place where one is sent on an errand

noun:

• the Imperial Family

noun:

• old name for the bunraku

noun:

• shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead - Shintō term

noun:

• air hoar; air frost; soft rime

noun:

• government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system) ➜ 主典

noun / ~の noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

expression:

• set one's teeth on edge

expression:

• in accordance with the situation

noun:

• looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

noun:

• 31st of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

adverb:

• in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

godan ~く verb:

• to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from ➜ 基づく

expression / ~よい adjective:

• the more, the better