noun:

• Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes comprising nearly 95% of the 25,000 species of fish)

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

noun:

• carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
• mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
• spread; (cloth) cover; coaster

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

noun:

• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• southerly (wind); from the south

noun:

• snow blown up from the ground

noun / ~する noun:

• deciding the winner from a photo

noun:

• cold wind from the northern uplands

noun:

• separation from the world

noun / ~の noun:

• seedling; plant raised from the seed

noun:

• a question from the emperor

noun:

• conversing from the heart; love story

noun / ~する noun:

• removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be saved from the fire

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fall from heaven (the sky)

expression / noun:

• bolt from the blue; great surprise - idiom

noun:

• clans supposedly descended from the gods

noun:

• town-watches from the Edo period

~の noun:

• on the way home from work

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre ➜ 観音開き【かんのんびらき】

noun:

• cold wind descending from the mountains ➜ 山背

noun:

• the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】・中山道【なかせんどう】

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again