noun:

• the genital area

noun:

• wind coming from the top of a mountain ➜ 山颪【やまおろし】

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

adverb:

• (not) in the least; (not) at all

noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• surrender to the enemy

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

godan ~る verb:

• to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

suffix noun / ~の noun:

• stopped in the midst of; half- (i.e. half-read) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• the hotel business

noun:

• twenty-eighth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• name given to the deceased; posthumous name; posthumous title

noun:

• islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands

noun:

• man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview

expression:

• out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in - recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony ➜ 豆まき・節分

expression:

• all the same - from the similarity of the characters

noun:

• renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term

noun:

• gate of the imperial palace; imperial court; imperial palace

noun:

• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)

noun:

• being dependent on what the weather is like - four character idiom

noun:

• first dried nori after the winter

noun:

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