noun:

• Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

~の noun:

• (of luggage, etc.) able to be taken into the cabin of the aircraft; carry-on

noun:

• tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry) - four character idiom
• story composition and development

noun:

• spot; dot; mark
• place; location; site
• (airport) apron
• spot advertisement; spot advertising - abbreviation ➜ スポット広告
• spot news - abbreviation ➜ スポットニュース
• spotlight - abbreviation ➜ スポットライト

noun:

• location where a magical being resides
• cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

expression:

• on the occasion of; at the time of ➜ 際【さい】

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun:

• the theory of the divine right of kings

noun:

• the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

noun:

• focus of the trade routes of the world

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

noun / adjectival noun:

• pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful - four character idiom

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

adjectival noun / noun:

• subtle grace; hidden beauty; yugen; mysterious profundity; elegant simplicity; the subtle and profound; the occult

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

expression / noun:

• all the gods and goddesses; all the deities - Shintō term ➜ 八百万【やおよろず】