noun:

• bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping - Buddhism term

noun:

• Lagomorpha; order comprising the rabbits, hares and pikas

noun:

• Cetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales

noun:

• chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm ➜ 三人遣い

expression / adjective:

• fledgling; young and inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears

noun:

• breaking and removing frozen snow to expose the ground - obscure term

noun:

• the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) - abbreviation ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get between; to be caught in

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put distance between; to estrange

noun:

• factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

noun / ~の noun:

• choosing between two things; two choices - four character idiom

noun:

• choosing between two things; two choices - four character idiom ➜ 二者択一

expression:

• face to face; between two persons

expression:

• all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• space between letters or characters; inter-character space

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)
• the Japanese flag - abbreviation ➜ 日の丸の旗