noun:

• six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

noun:

• the mystery of creation

noun:

• end of quote

noun:

• type of hakama worn in ancient times

noun / adverb:

• long interval of time

adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

noun:

• overruling referee's decision of bout outcome - Sumo term

noun:

• a row of training matches with the same opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

noun:

• Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare ➜ 厚生労働大臣

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - obscure term

noun:

• one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach - male language

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

noun:

• adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting

noun:

• turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun:

• course of study

noun:

• optimistic view of life; optimism Antonym: 厭世観

noun:

• abolition of the han system

noun:

• fish of the genus Rhinogobius ➜ ヨシノボリ
• dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus) ➜ チチブ
• common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia) ➜ ウキゴリ
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux) ➜ 鰍

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned - four character idiom

noun:

• words of greeting

noun:

• short-term rate of interest

noun:

• god of war
• "war hero" [figurative]