noun:

• division of the night (from approx. 7 pm to 5 am) into five 2-hour periods - archaism
• the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

expression:

• look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go ➜ 本因坊戦

noun:

• closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era

particle / conjunction:

• (at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

noun:

• the touch of; feel of; texture

noun:

• rate of advancement to the next higher level of education

noun:

• ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house

noun:

• stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand

noun:

• (France's revolutionary era) Declaration of the Rights of Man

noun:

• Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; (British) Ministry of Defence

noun:

• state of society; social conditions; order of the world

noun:

• unification of the written and spoken forms of a language - four character idiom

noun:

• copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy

noun / ~の noun:

• dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

noun:

• everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life - four character idiom

noun:

• pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary - four character idiom

noun:

• (at the) peak of mischievousness; little demon (of children)

noun:

• Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven) ➜ 聖母マリア

noun:

• Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven) ➜ 聖母被昇天

noun:

• Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible); words of Qohelet [literal]

noun:

• Gospel of Thomas (apocryphal) (book of the Bible)