noun:

• rumbling of a mountain

noun:

• key of E - Music term

noun:

• citizen of the capital

noun:

• ancient altar of sacrifice

noun:

• one's supply of arrows

noun:

• theory of spontaneous generation

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

noun:

• seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table; head

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

noun:

• shallow hat with a round top (looking like a half manjū)

noun:

• chain of yarn

noun:

• The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• choice of nationality; choice of citizenship

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~の noun:

• rounding of the lips; rounded (e.g. vowel) - Linguistics term

noun:

• concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task) - four character idiom

noun:

• sandbank in a river

noun:

• stone used as a marker for hundred times worship ➜ 百度参り【ひゃくどまいり】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to grow a beard

noun:

• opening of the beachgoing season

noun:

• captain of the guard

noun:

• integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route