noun:

• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo - archaism ➜ 令【りょう】・律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion) - from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴 - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩・三毒

noun:

• scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process
• asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) ➜ 露草

adverb:

• from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

noun:

• generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward) ➜ ゆとり教育【ゆとりきょういく】

noun:

• note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale - Music term ➜ 徴【ち】

noun:

• Brexit; withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

noun:

• slip of the tongue; verbal mistake; using the wrong words; misstatement; gaffe ➜ 言い損なう

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

expression / adverb:

• as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

noun:

• round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines