expression:

• more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun:

• the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

noun:

• the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

prefix:

• hexagonal

noun:

• run-down shabby house
• rag and scrap merchant - archaism

noun:

• sleet (mixture of snow and rain)
• shaved ice topped with honey

noun:

• busiest and most profitable business period; peak season

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• comfortably; snugly; cosily; easy; carefree; freshly made and still warm

noun / ~する noun:

• Japanese badminton; battledore and shuttlecock

noun:

• artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

noun:

• leaf; petal; piece of paper; snowflake; something flat and thin

noun:

• mixture of boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup - Food term

noun:

• Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

noun:

• Death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life - four character idiom

noun:

• ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)

noun:

• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term ➜ 大銀杏

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi - Sumo term

noun:

• walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper) ➜ 明太

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant - archaism - four character idiom ➜ 往事渺茫

noun:

• feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array