noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• province of the second highest rank (ritsuryo system)
• provinces close to the capital

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

noun / ~の noun:

• same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)

noun:

• wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all day long

temporal noun:

• last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve

noun / ~の noun:

• far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead - from 断然 + トップ - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

noun:

• gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
• characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

noun:

• final paragraph; final paragraphs; the end of a story of block of text

noun:

• gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 男山

noun:

• chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach - four character idiom

noun:

• expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man