noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• the number of flat things
• win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• darkness; the dark; dark
• bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
• black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table

noun:

• elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki)
• honourable end to a career

expression / noun:

• above the clouds; heaven
• the Imperial Court
• something unreachable; place of out of reach

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海の幸

noun / ~の noun:

• (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent (esp. of the passing of the night)
• piercing (cold) ［しんしん］

noun:

• developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past - four character idiom

particle:

• on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• drumming at the end of the day of wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow - Sumo term

noun:

• separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period) - four character idiom ➜ 神仏習合

noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

noun:

• toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog) - colloquialism

noun:

• Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)

noun:

• any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

noun / ~の noun:

• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

expression:

• the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down - idiom

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日