noun:

• striking the face - Sumo term

noun:

• the Forest Act

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)

noun:

• the Berlin Wall

noun:

• middle part of the verse

noun:

• the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms) ➜ 六道

noun:

• the Japanese market

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

noun:

• the emperor's censure

noun:

• the Book of Divination

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

noun:

• recession caused by the strong yen

noun:

• round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

expression:

• curiosity killed the cat - proverb ➜ 好奇心猫を殺す

noun:

• spring rain that falls around the time that flowers bloom; spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers

expression / ichidan verb:

• to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits
• to kill viciously
• to victimize; to torment; to lay into; to give (someone) hell; to vilify

noun:

• the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• place by the lamp; area under the lamp

expression:

• even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade - from the Humane King Sutra - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology - obscure term ➜ 麒麟【きりん】・鳳凰【ほうおう】・霊亀【れいき】・応竜【おうりゅう】

noun / ~する noun:

• confronting the enemy; hostilities

noun:

• success on the first try (attempt) - four character idiom