noun:

• all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
• large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯

noun:

• the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") ［序の口］
• lowest division in sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• gallery (of a theatre)
• audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public

noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

noun:

• Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)

noun:

• vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous - Anatomy term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance

noun:

• person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days) - polite language ➜ 正月
• the first month of the year; January - polite language ➜ 正月

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

noun:

• the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
• the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

expression / ~の noun:

• the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

noun:

• the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

noun:

• any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

expression / ichidan verb:

• to warm the bench; to stay on the bench during a sports match

noun:

• advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom