noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

noun:

• grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) - archaism ➜ 大祓

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode) ➜ 呂旋

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode ➜ 律旋

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode ➜ 律旋法

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode ➜ 呂旋法

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• sulfur oxide (SO, SO2, etc.); sulphur oxide

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) - slang

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

expression / adjective:

• (so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch - idiom

noun:

• ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

noun / ~する noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends) ➜ 煙管乗り

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti) ➜ 五音音階

noun:

• (the so-called) kanji culture

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

expression / noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame ➜ 閉月羞花・沈魚落雁

noun:

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

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame [literal] - four character idiom