noun:

• the Japan Trench

noun:

• toward the end

noun:

• Communist Party of the Soviet Union

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• edges of the mouth

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion - archaism ➜ 御殿女中・奥女中

noun / ~する noun:

• completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

noun:

• Ark of the Covenant (Judaism)
• tabernacle (Catholicism)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to give the stamp of approval

noun:

• neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay - four character idiom

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu"; "ba" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• pacifying the nation

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• man in the street; common (ordinary) person

noun:

• the opening phrase of a letter or notice

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom

noun:

• the four seasons

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

noun:

• sound of the sea; sound of the waves
• sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

noun:

• the stage; the theatrical world

noun:

• the Japanese syllabary symbols