noun:

• the prime of one's career

noun:

• starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)

noun:

• quarter-length game consisting of east round only - Mahjong term - From Chinese

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

noun:

• adjusting the height of eyeglasses (e.g. using nose pads)

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

noun:

• shifting of tax; tax shifting

noun:

• promotion of regional development; encouragement of local development

noun:

• scum of the earth; monster; fiend

noun:

• fragrance of flowers

noun:

• way of arranging flowers

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy ➜ 焼く【やく】

noun:

• slip of the tongue; misstatement

noun:

• angle of attack

noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

noun / ~する noun:

• being inducted into a hall of fame

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

noun:

• thirty-second of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• method of operation; operating procedure

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• first character position of line - IT term

noun:

• (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・仲呂
• (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G ➜ 呂旋・六調子

noun:

• door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework ➜ 桟唐戸

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods