noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

noun:

• actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to appear in one's dream

noun:

• decline in academic ability; decline in academic performance

expression:

• if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field

noun:

• unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 濁音【だくおん】・半濁音【はんだくおん】

~の noun:

• folded in half; doubled ➜ 二つ折りにする

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 科学技術政策担当大臣【かがくぎじゅつせいさくたんとうだいじん】

noun:

• kink in one's neck; sprained neck ➜ 寝違い

expression:

• in traveling, companionship; in life, kindness - proverb

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• picture for coloring in (colouring)

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• putting in an appearance; showing one's face - archaism ➜ 顔出し

noun:

• lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 小正月・元宵

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun:

• food packed in a wooden box

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

noun:

• being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime

noun:

• outing in spring

noun:

• love-in

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period) ➜ 武家造

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience