noun:

• clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear ➜ 雪支度

noun:

• history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)

noun:

• kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana ➜ 振り仮名【ふりがな】

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

noun:

• cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy) - four character idiom

noun:

• making a living in the mountains

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

noun:

• hanging roof over the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• playing on the koto

noun:

• system of Japanese provinces under the ritsuryo system; ancient provinces of Japan ➜ 律令【りつりょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• guidance, warning tile blocks for the visually impaired ➜ 視覚障害者

expression:

• the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men - proverb

noun:

• the right to collective bargaining

noun:

• long-standing member of the Diet

noun:

• the eastern sky

noun:

• inside the computer - IT term

noun:

• the radicals - four character idiom

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• 59th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• restoring to the emperor

noun:

• the harmony of yin and yang energies - four character idiom