noun:

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• soft and elastic; plexible; pliant - onomatopoeia

noun:

• period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform ➜ 大化の改新

adjective:

• long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly

noun:

• large and excellent

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄

adjectival noun / noun:

• short and insufficient

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• subletting and subleasing

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world - four character idiom

noun:

• portable brush-and-ink case

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind [literal] - proverb - sensitive

expression:

• perfectly clear and serene sky

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• lonely and crestfallen; a lonely and heavy-hearted figure - four character idiom

noun:

• striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. ➜ 鑽る
• Shinto fire-purification ceremony - Shintō term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

noun:

• Manchuria and Mongolia

ichidan verb:

• to gather and bundle together

noun:

• profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view - four character idiom

noun:

• sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos ➜ 南蛮菓子【なんばんがし】

noun / ~する noun:

• rumbling and shaking of the earth - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links - Buddhism term

noun:

• concept that all things and phenomena reflect the truth - Buddhism term

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun / adverb:

• many months and years - archaism