noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) ➜ 財務省
• Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• source (of a spring, etc.)
• source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar - Buddhism term ➜ 実化
• embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation (e.g. of emotions, grievances, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

noun / ~する noun:

• making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery

noun:

• neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
• all sides; frontiers (of a country)
• four sides (of a shape)

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets) ➜ 甘党
• person fond of spicy food - colloquialism

noun:

• ear (e.g. of wheat) ［穂先］
• tip (e.g. of brush or spear); spearhead ➜ 矛先【ほこさき】

expression:

• in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake - as ...に免じて

noun / ~する noun:

• capture; seizure
• military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• possession (of what is required); fulfilment (of conditions); being equipped with; being endowed with

noun:

• treasure ship
• picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

noun:

• group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka

noun:

• scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata)
• Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come of age (for a girl) - obscure term ➜ 肩揚げ
• to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono - obscure term

noun:

• Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin ➜ 観音・観世音

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

prefix:

• several; a number of

noun / suffix noun:

• quantity; amount

noun:

• counting; figures; numbers
• number; numeral; figure
• grammatical number - Linguistics term
• destiny; fate; course of events; trend