noun:

• exhibition sponsored by the government

noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term - obscure term ➜ 孟冬・神無月

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw in the towel

noun:

• paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma ➜ 袋棚

noun:

• being up to the person himself - four character idiom

noun:

• the second time

noun:

• top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis

noun:

• the unobtainable (that which cannot be known) - Buddhism term

expression:

• the team appears to be headed for defeat; strong indications of defeat - obscure term

noun:

• outside the boat (ship, spaceship, etc.)

~の noun:

• outboard; extravehicular

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

noun:

• hemolytic disease of the newborn (haemolytic); erythroblastosis fetalis

noun:

• autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade; autumn with beautiful leaves ➜ 錦繍

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be balding in the front; to have a receding hairline

noun:

• onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki) ➜ 浄瑠璃

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

noun:

• spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• the balance

noun:

• twenty-ninth day of the month
• twenty-nine days

expression:

• same as on the left

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• the genital area