noun:

• the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬

noun:

• blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides, species of rabbitfish found in the Maldives and the Similan Islands)

noun:

• Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Luzon and the Catanduanes Islands in the Philippines)

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

adjectival noun / noun:

• light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
• light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• to be fast at walking and running
• to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs) - idiom

noun:

• humble and honorific expressions; polite speech - Linguistics term ➜ 謙譲語【けんじょうご】・敬語【けいご】
• honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language - Linguistics term ➜ 敬語【けいご】

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

noun:

• master; expert; authority; leading figure
• mansion; large house
• rich family; distinguished family ➜ 大家【たいけ】

noun:

• footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear ➜ 沓取
• professional jester ➜ たいこもち

noun:

• first and second; A and B
• superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

noun / ~の noun:

• seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

conjunction:

• and then; besides; on top of that
• in that case; that being the case; if so

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office

noun:

• ANZAC; Anzac; Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (WWI)
• Anzac biscuit (type of oatmeal biscuit) ➜ アンザックビスケット

noun:

• unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water - Food term ➜ 粥

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

noun:

• identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship)
• mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.)
• verification seal; tally ➜ 合い印【あいいん】

noun / ~する noun:

• moving; relocation; change of address
• transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

noun:

• purple; violet
• Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) - usually written using kana alone
• type of soy sauce ➜ 醤油

noun:

• protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story)
• head of household