noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

noun:

• this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

adverb:

• to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

noun:

• overhand throw - Baseball term
• a throw using the outside of the arm - Sumo term

noun:

• part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

noun:

• the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms) ➜ 六道

noun:

• measures for the promotion of; stimulation measure (for the economy)

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism ➜ 田舎者
• someone from the same part of the country - archaism

noun:

• the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people

noun:

• chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 題目

noun:

• Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

noun:

• Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

noun:

• fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act

noun:

• fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

noun:

• Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

noun:

• eve of the anniversary of a person's death

noun:

• emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 色即是空

noun:

• Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics

noun:

• theory of the Emperor as an organ of government

noun:

• second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)

noun:

• beginning of summer
• fourth month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term