noun:

• imperial palace
• capital; metropolis
• Keijou (name given to Seoul during the Japanese occupation) ➜ ソウル

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
• calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period

noun:

• western part; the west (of a region)
• the West (United States)

particle:

• that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

noun:

• desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the hardships of the old year
• year-end drinking party ➜ 忘年会

noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• man of the future; Homo futurus; time traveler from the future

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom

expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun / prefix noun / ~の noun:

• red ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

noun:

• red kidney bean - abbreviation ➜ 金時豆
• sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin) - abbreviation ➜ 金時芋
• bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans

noun:

• Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince

adverb / ~の noun:

• behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom