noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• eleventh month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term

noun:

• the first in history; only once in history - four character idiom

noun:

• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing ➜ 宿曜経

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• opening of the whole (railway line)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
• to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom

noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• enlargement of the heart

noun:

• outside near the door to one's home - archaism

noun:

• night air; stillness of night; cool evening

noun:

• first frost of the year

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• person working in the television industry - From English "televi(sion)+man" ➜ テレビ

godan ~す verb:

• to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom

noun:

• prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open the distance

noun:

• dislocation of the hip; hip dislocation

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• the dharma eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism - abbreviation
• title bestowed upon doctors, etc. - archaism

noun:

• First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

noun:

• hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people ➜ 和光同塵

noun:

• using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)