noun:

• the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• focus of the trade routes of the world

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

expression:

• for the present; for the time being

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read the situation; to sense the mood

expression:

• the more one looks (at it) the more...

expression:

• the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• hard (to the bite, to the touch) - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• all the gods and goddesses; all the deities - Shintō term ➜ 八百万【やおよろず】

expression / noun:

• negation of the negation (in the Hegelian dialectic)

noun:

• hill; height; knoll; rising ground ［丘・岡・壟］
• bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game ［丘・陸符］ - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald
• leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

noun:

• reduced-period procedure; curtailed operation - From English "short time"
• short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day) - From English "short time"

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade ➜ 反台鉋

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi ➜ 小紐

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• sailing windward
• land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns) - obsolete term ➜ 村

noun:

• azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)

noun:

• expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction
• drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢