noun:

• (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun:

• sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith

noun:

• industrial reserve force
• the ranks of the unemployed

noun:

• temple built at the order of the emperor

noun:

• coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito

noun:

• the whole world; south of the Big Dipper - archaism

noun:

• something of the same size
• the said university - abbr. of 同大学

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• bales forming the outer rim of the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles - four character idiom

noun:

• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

noun / ~の noun:

• plantigrade (walking on the soles of the feet)

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead; the next world ➜ 黄泉【よみ】・黄泉の国

noun:

• light heat at the beginning of the summer

noun:

• sideburns; hair at the sides of the head ➜ 双鬢

noun:

• underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor

noun:

• sulcus; groove in the surface of the brain

noun:

• flat part on the top of the cranium

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term

noun:

• humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
• human nature; common sense; customs and manners

noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

noun:

• tarantula (common name for large spiders) ➜ オオツチグモ
• European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)

noun:

• southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus); common platy; moonfish