expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

noun:

• Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan) ➜ 二十四史

noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent
• to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
• to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

noun:

• modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon - 出遭う usu. has a negative connotation
• to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ［出会う・出合う］ - esp. 出合う
• to emerge and engage (an enemy) ［出会う・出合う］ - often used imperatively as 出会え

noun:

• cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.) ➜ ウォームビズ

noun:

• type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
• type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun / ~する noun:

• request; commission; entrusting (with a matter)
• dependence; reliance

noun:

• sleeve
• wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving Antonym: 停車【ていしゃ】

adverbial noun / noun:

• just a minute; small quantity

noun:

• handle; grip
• stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• department of a university

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

interjection:

• have a good day; take care; see you - often in response to いってきます

noun:

• crater; caldera
• burner (e.g. on a furnace)

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment; institution
• installation (of a machine or equipment)

noun / ~する noun:

• intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal) ➜ 指向

noun / ~する noun:

• performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

noun / ~する noun:

• mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing