noun:

• phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
• fruit ➜ 果物

counter:

• counter for pieces of fruit

noun:

• secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官
• shrine official (ranking below a negi) ［しゅてん］ - obsolete term ➜ 禰宜

noun:

• withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

noun:

• baby's play pen; play yard
• Pleiad; La Pléiade; one of a group of seven 16th century French poets - From French

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

noun:

• guest of honor; guest of honour
• main guest at a tea ceremony

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

noun:

• the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録

noun:

• the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system) ➜ 太政官

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

noun:

• utilization of water; water supply; irrigation
• water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)

noun:

• Joseon Dynasty; Yi Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910); Ly Dynasty of Vietnam (1009-1225)

noun:

• branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• three mountains
• three shrines (of Kumano)
• three kingdoms (of 14th- and 15th-century Okinawa)

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking