adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

expression / ichidan verb:

• to digress; to stray from the subject
• to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

noun:

• sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun - four character idiom

noun:

• refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom

expression:

• until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; likewise; equally; at the same time - usu. その一方で
• in contrast

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

noun:

• exception; exclusion

~する noun:

• to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term

ichidan verb:

• to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)

noun:

• the part of the eyebrows near the middle forehead; inner ends of one's eyebrows

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun / ~の noun:

• one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party

conjunction:

• on the other hand ➜ 一方【いっぽう】

noun:

• Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era) ➜ 穴窯