noun:

• the NPO Law (1998); Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities ➜ 特定非営利活動促進法

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

noun:

• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮寺

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

noun:

• ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

noun:

• before the gate; in front of the gate

expression:

• on the occasion of; at the time of ➜ 際【さい】

noun:

• the entire strength; all hands; all the members

noun:

• sensitivity to the times; sense of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

adverb:

• along the east coast; along the eastern seashore

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

adverb:

• throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom

noun:

• the theory of the divine right of kings

noun / ~する noun:

• spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs Antonym: 閉脚【へいきゃく】