noun:

• air hole

noun:

• the loyal dead

noun:

• game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom

noun:

• candy-coated strawberry on a stick

noun / ~の noun:

• under-the-table

noun:

• (one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance

noun:

• the last telegram

noun:

• the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain

noun:

• covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage

noun:

• Air Pollution Control Law

noun:

• type of newspaper from the Meiji era ➜ 大新聞
• minor journal; local newspaper

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun:

• tournament other than the six major tournaments - Sumo term

noun:

• the 8 districts of feudal Japan

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• unlined in the back

adverb / ~と adverb:

• to the brim - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• kicking a ball in mid-air (soccer, football) - From English "volley shoot"

adjectival noun / noun:

• obi worn high on the waist

noun / ~する noun:

• attacking under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; assassination

expression:

• early on; earlier on; from early

noun:

• full-face diving mask which seals the whole face from the water

noun:

• payment based on ability

noun:

• The Union of South Africa - abbreviation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)