noun:

• the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather - four character idiom

noun:

• non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

noun:

• living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• revue dance performed in a line; line dance

noun:

• sickness incurred in line of duty

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

noun / ~の noun:

• payment in kind

expression / adverb:

• fighting in vain

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

noun:

• long hair style popular in the Genroku era

noun:

• competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• female narrator in a silent movie theatre

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rise in rank

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun:

• in-house

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• young mottled spinefoot pickled in salt (usu. served on tofu) - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 藍子

noun / ~する noun:

• adhering or embedding of wear debris in the opposing surface

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

expression:

• views in and around the city of Kyoto (paintings and drawings) ➜ 図・洛中洛外

noun:

• area covered in volcanic ash

godan ~く verb:

• to write in the square style

noun:

• Japanese living in America