noun:

• Imperial Rescript of 1908

noun:

• chain of distribution

noun:

• spurt or spray of blood

noun:

• Yama, judge of the afterlife - abbreviation

noun:

• commemoration of the Buddha's birthday

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn into a state of feverish mood

noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

noun:

• line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

noun:

• inflammation of the renal pelvis

noun:

• the bottom of one's heart

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

noun:

• losing a decision (on points)

noun:

• 4th month of the lunar calendar ➜ 卯月

noun:

• realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings - Buddhism term

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun / ~する noun:

• acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action Antonym: 別行動【べつこうどう】

noun:

• coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

noun:

• point of compromise; common ground

noun:

• whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 鏑矢
• start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

noun:

• reimposition of an embargo; reprohibition

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language ➜ ない・ます

noun:

• number of animals ➜ 頭数【あたまかず】

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童