noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark

noun:

• a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun:

• day-by-day record of a patient's condition; diary written while ill in bed

noun:

• training partner
• training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)

noun:

• ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century) ➜ 律令

noun:

• dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward) ➜ 夜明け

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term

noun:

• widow's peak; hairline that grows to a point in the middle of the forehead

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

noun:

• knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters
• arrest
• rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

noun:

• crime of conscience
• premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be - originally considered an incorrect usage - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

noun / ~の noun:

• aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

noun:

• rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

noun:

• radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• shrine
• palace; imperial residence
• member of the imperial family - honorific language
• headboard (on a bed); headstand
• temple - archaism