noun:

• expansion (in space) of a sales area; increase in the number of beds (in a hospital, etc.)

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

noun:

• phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology) - From Latin
• phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

noun:

• refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句・重陽【ちょうよう】

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) ➜ 文展【ぶんてん】

noun:

• family affairs; family business
• steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

noun:

• business; task; errand; engagement
• use; purpose

suffix noun:

• for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...

noun:

• call of nature; excretion ➜ 用を足す

noun:

• special ward (esp. of Tokyo)
• special economic zone (China) - abbreviation ➜ 特別経済区
• special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong) ➜ 特別行政区

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

noun:

• Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

noun:

• total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• praying for the coming of a deity
• ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location ➜ 分霊

noun:

• Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)