noun:

• the end of the Cold War

noun:

• the principle of the thing

noun:

• The Chronicles (books of the Bible)

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience ➜ 聴衆を飽かさない【ちょうしゅうをあかさない】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

noun:

• beginning of the year
• the oldest person ［としがしら］

noun:

• role of the villain; the bad guy

noun:

• blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• striking with the back of the sword

noun:

• sending off the spirits of the dead

noun:

• (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun:

• sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith

noun:

• industrial reserve force
• the ranks of the unemployed

noun:

• temple built at the order of the emperor

noun:

• coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito

noun:

• the whole world; south of the Big Dipper - archaism

noun:

• something of the same size
• the said university - abbr. of 同大学

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• bales forming the outer rim of the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles - four character idiom