noun:

• gathering up the ashes of the deceased

noun / ~する noun:

• gathering up the ashes of the deceased

noun:

• the scruff or nape of the neck

noun:

• the (deceased) father of the current emperor

noun:

• the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes

noun / ~する noun:

• departure of the emperor from the capital

noun:

• hemorrage in the fundus of the eye

noun:

• the matter in question; the said problem

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the side of the enemy

noun:

• everyday language
• The Tale of the Heike - abbreviation ➜ 平家物語

noun:

• bales forming the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• bales forming the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• clothing with the opening at the back

noun:

• forking the rook while checking the king - four character idiom - Shōgi term

noun:

• infringing on the power of the sovereign - four character idiom

noun:

• the exact opposite concept (idea); the antithesis - four character idiom

noun:

• the market trend in the near future - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular - four character idiom

expression:

• the sooner, the better

expression / adjective:

• the more, the better ➜ 多ければ多いほどいい【おおければおおいほどいい】

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

noun:

• the economic boom of the mid-1950s - four character idiom

noun:

• the grief or feelings of the Emperor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the profit over the fame

noun:

• debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy