noun:

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

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of Kyoto ➜ 畿内
• territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace

noun:

• (on) the way; (on) one's way; (en) route - usu. adverbially as 行きしなに ➜ 行きがけ

noun:

• the pleasantness of autumn

noun:

• the Imperial Palace

noun:

• car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car

noun:

• inside the bay ➜ 湾外

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to beat the hell out of - slang

noun:

• (pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home
• door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• (of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state - four character idiom

expression:

• the year before last (or thereabouts)

noun:

• power of the pen

noun:

• statement of the efficacy of a medicine

expression / ~よい adjective:

• quick on the uptake; perceptive; intuitive ➜ 勘の良い【かんのよい】

noun:

• the Occident; the West

noun:

• power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun [literal]

noun:

• Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Administrative Organs (2003)

ichidan verb:

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

noun:

• pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

noun:

• copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy); copying freely ➜ 臨書

noun:

• the week after the following week; two weeks later; two weeks after that

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lament the end of spring

noun:

• on the way here - usu. adverbially as 来がけに ➜ 行き掛け

noun:

• clerk at the information desk

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち