noun:

• green tassel hung above the northeast corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• white tassel hung above the southwest corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the ring - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• type of commission system in the book industry in Japan

noun:

• spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

noun:

• seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace - four character idiom

noun:

• nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall - four character idiom

noun:

• earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fond of new things; to hunt after novelties

noun:

• high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes - four character idiom

noun:

• being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve - four character idiom

noun:

• public music and dancing; performance of song and dance entertainment - four character idiom

noun:

• youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own - four character idiom

noun:

• rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks - four character idiom

noun:

• gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to declaim; to string together all sorts of flowery words

noun:

• the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• Ramadan (9th month of Muslim calendar); fasting month - From Arabic

expression:

• in the early period (of something); at the beginning

noun / ~の noun:

• the Amazon river
• Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)

noun:

• style of garden that features a path around a pond - obscure term

noun:

• Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges - often 板寄せ方式