noun:

• pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

noun:

• synthesis of varied arts - obscure term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lament the end of spring

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち

noun:

• Heian period coming-of-age ceremony for girls

noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces ➜ 甲骨文字

noun:

• passing of time; age

~の noun:

• chronological; successive; metachronic; age-related; age-based; aging

noun:

• first day of autumn (approx. Aug. 8); first day of fall ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language; TOEFL

noun:

• power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power

noun:

• evils of the times

noun:

• first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

noun / ~の noun:

• made of metal

noun:

• interior of a forest or wood

noun:

• ridge of a cliff; rock ridge

noun:

• seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) - after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system

noun:

• first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor ➜ 新嘗祭

noun:

• teeth of a saw; serration

noun:

• revision of a passage

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• contraction of a disease; morbidity

noun:

• letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference

expression:

• mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom

noun:

• phases of the age (times)