noun:

• the previous emperor

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 下無・十二律
• third lunar month

noun:

• star of the demimonde - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 風俗アイドル

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the resoudning sound of bells, musical instruments, stones being struck, etc. - archaism

noun:

• the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) - four character idiom

noun:

• the main thing

noun:

• the field; the parade ground

~の noun / noun:

• having the qualities of a leader

noun:

• the crime of revealing a secret; breach of confidence

noun / ~の noun:

• the whole sheet; the whole newspaper

noun / adverbial noun:

• the whole world; throughout heaven and earth - four character idiom

noun:

• on the lake

noun:

• the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace ➜ 平安京・大内裏

noun:

• hiding in the nest

noun:

• sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor); companion

noun:

• the time required

noun:

• appearance of the laity ➜ 僧体
• unrefined appearance; vulgar style

noun:

• reparation in the form of service

noun:

• Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

noun:

• person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc)

expression / noun:

• negation of the negation (in the Hegelian dialectic)

noun:

• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to close in on the truth