noun:

• public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

• Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根も乾かぬうち【したのねもかわかぬうち】

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根の乾かぬうち【したのねのかわかぬうち】

noun:

• hotel in the center of the city - From English "city hotel"

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

pre-noun adjectival:

• The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home; to strike a chord; to strike a note

noun:

• inward transfer (of money); carry over (money from previous period)

noun:

• distance (e.g. jump, flight of arrow, carry of golf ball, etc.)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

noun / ~する noun:

• on-the-spot filming or photography

noun:

• live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.)
• real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

~する noun / adverb:

• to feel anxious; to feel nervous; to be kept in suspense; to feel excited; to feel thrilled - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears) - onomatopoeia
• hanging untidily (of hair); straggling - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
• to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

noun:

• zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
• hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family) ［四手・垂］

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

noun:

• community life; local life; regional life
• integration in the community; living in the local community (social work)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated - idiom

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky)
• to lack common sense
• to be extremely surprised (by) - colloquialism

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

~と adverb / adverb:

• whistling (of the wind); blowing
• fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying
• tottering; staggering
• aimlessly; wandering about; roaming
• aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached

ichidan verb:

• to look afar
• to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer