adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of the cicadas - onomatopoeia ➜ みんみん蝉【みんみんぜみ】

noun:

• type of newspaper from the Meiji era (characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language) ➜ 小新聞
• major newspaper

noun:

• ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival) ➜ 霊祭【れいさい】・盂蘭盆

noun:

• constitution granted by the Emperor ➜ 民定憲法

noun:

• seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace ➜ 内裏

noun:

• the question of national defense (defence)

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• cold wind descending from the mountains ➜ 山背

noun:

• tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird; beautiful tower - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

~の noun:

• within the blood; blood-borne

noun:

• the episcopal seat

noun:

• jewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.)
• necktie ➜ ネクタイ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak the truth

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• trade below the public offering price during a float

noun:

• The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ear - proverb

noun:

• valve of the veins - Anatomy term

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 御盆
• the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

noun:

• sounding out the intentions or wishes of someone

noun:

• the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

noun:

• the spirit of curiosity