noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China

noun:

• obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

noun:

• publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas) - slang ➜ ねた

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・ピー柿

noun:

• Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 閉月羞花【へいげつしゅうか】・羞月閉花【しゅうげつへいか】・沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】

adverb:

• in a line; in a row - onomatopoeia

noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
• to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in the number of flights

noun:

• independents (in the context of art) - From French

noun:

• the power of prayer (in Buddhism)

adjective:

• (feeling of) tightness in the chest

noun:

• reparation in the form of service

noun:

• in view of the present situation

expression:

• in the name of justice

noun:

• instruction in the ways of love - four character idiom