noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

noun:

• baby's play pen; play yard
• Pleiad; La Pléiade; one of a group of seven 16th century French poets - From French

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

noun:

• guest of honor; guest of honour
• main guest at a tea ceremony

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

noun:

• the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録

noun:

• the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system) ➜ 太政官

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

noun:

• utilization of water; water supply; irrigation
• water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)

noun:

• Joseon Dynasty; Yi Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910); Ly Dynasty of Vietnam (1009-1225)

noun:

• branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• three mountains
• three shrines (of Kumano)
• three kingdoms (of 14th- and 15th-century Okinawa)

noun:

• freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term
• The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern) ［さんぞん］ ➜ 三尊天井
• the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

noun:

• sac spider (any spider of family Clubionidae)
• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ➜ 地蜘蛛