noun:

• the Japanese syllabary symbols

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

noun:

• the same meaning

unclassified:

• the

prefix:

• definitive; representative; typical; classical - From English "the"

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the causative - せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す
• auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something - usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc. - humble language
• auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions - as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc. - honorific language

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

noun:

• main currents (the trend) of thinking in the world - four character idiom

noun:

• infringing on the power of the sovereign - four character idiom

noun:

• at the present time; at present

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire

noun:

• on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• search conducted with the consent of the party concerned

noun:

• type of silver coin in the Edo period

noun:

• the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine - Buddhism term ➜ 輪宝・転法輪

noun:

• wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place

noun:

• Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution

noun / ~する noun:

• gathering up the ashes of the deceased

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• carvings of the Kamakura style

noun:

• fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle - From English "death match"

noun:

• Orders of the Rising Sun

noun:

• sage of the second order

noun:

• member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly - abbreviation ➜ 道議会議員