noun:

• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

noun:

• Urasenke school of tea ceremony

noun / ~する noun:

• having the pleasure of seeing (a person)

noun:

• Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms ➜ 三国【さんごく】

noun:

• title of a thread in email, news, etc. - From English "thread title"

noun:

• having no sense of taste

noun:

• small plates for individual helpings of food

noun:

• treaty of commerce and navigation

noun:

• point-of-sale terminal; POS terminal

expression:

• failing to reach an agreement

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• out of date; disused; obsolete

noun:

• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun / ~する noun:

• cram for an exam; concentrated study - slang

noun:

• followers of Shintoism

noun:

• (means and time spent) fighting against an illness

noun:

• bales forming the edge of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• mixture of air and hydrocarbon gas or vapour - Chemistry term

noun:

• ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament - Sumo term

expression:

• take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Council of Local Authorities for International Relations; CLAIR

noun:

• effects of karma

noun:

• coming-of-age ceremony

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• state of progress