noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

expression:

• the Alpha and the Omega - idiom

noun:

• waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship) ➜ 月待ち【つきまち】

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

noun:

• the last days; the final years; the last generation

noun:

• the whole class

noun:

• rest of the payment

noun:

• the thread of life

adverb:

• over the Web

noun:

• the figure of the common man

noun:

• building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
• martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)

noun:

• licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.) ➜ 活
• to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk ➜ 喝

expression / noun:

• particle horizon of the observable universe - Astronomy term ➜ 事象の地平線

noun:

• the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) - abbreviation ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet

noun:

• Department of the Imperial Household - obsolete term ➜ 宮内庁

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

expression / adverb:

• at the earliest Antonym: 遅くとも ➜ とも

noun:

• medical insurance for the whole nation

noun:

• the leisured class

noun:

• right to the pursuit of happiness

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

noun:

• not up with the times; out of touch