noun:

• fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge

noun / ~する noun:

• opening of mine

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

noun:

• Director General of Science and Technology Agency

noun / ~する noun:

• memorizing a musical score

expression / adverb:

• in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient

expression:

• Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• issue of a voucher

noun:

• for a good while

noun:

• desk for a speaker; lectern
• rostrum; platform ➜ 演壇

noun:

• dish of white miso mixed with roasted Japanese nutmeg powder, sugar and sesame seeds, etc. ➜ 味噌

noun:

• sum total of one's marks; total points or score

noun:

• killing someone with a magical curse

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

noun:

• former men of wisdom and virtue

noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully

noun:

• sole of the foot

noun:

• a knowing look

noun:

• vision of the future

noun:

• any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

noun:

• long period of rain ➜ 長雨【ながあめ】

noun:

• ill effects of drinking