noun:

• the kalpa of nothingness (the final aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

noun:

• in the sentence; in the text
• Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

noun:

• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term
• the seven days of the week

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun:

• wiping with a dry cloth after wiping with a wet cloth

noun:

• the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state - four character idiom

noun:

• invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

particle:

• from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
• from (originator); by
• because; since - follows verbs, adjectives
• out of (constituent, part)
• through (e.g. window, vestibule)
• after; since - following the te-form of a verb

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

noun:

• (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom

noun:

• Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods) - four character idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)