noun:

• head; chief; leader; elder
• the greatest of all; the most excellent

adverb:

• at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun / ~する noun:

• Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

noun:

• open to all; taking part on the spur of the moment

noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom

noun:

• (late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate

adjectival noun / noun:

• being older or a senior; the first half of the year

noun:

• stage made of Japanese cypress
• the limelight; the big time

noun / ~する noun:

• alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty) ➜ 秦・連衡・六国

noun:

• something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead

noun:

• covering for the back of the hand and wrist

noun:

• Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)

noun:

• 4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back - Sumo term

noun:

• 4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun) - four character idiom

noun:

• the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

expression:

• Life and death are the two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

noun:

• the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass - four character idiom

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"