noun:

• obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• catarrh of the pulmonary apex; pulmonary apicitis; inflammation of the mucous of the upper lung - Medicine term

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters) ➜ 天師道

noun:

• Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice) ➜ 五斗米道

noun:

• under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down - Sumo term
• dodging; parrying (questions) ➜ 肩透かしを食わせる【かたすかしをくわせる】
• disappointment; letdown

noun:

• Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail) ➜ ヒレナガハギ属【ヒレナガハギぞく】

noun:

• emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)

noun:

• type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 川崎七分

noun:

• type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

noun:

• radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945) ➜ ポツダム宣言

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun:

• Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January); one of the 5 seasonal festivals ➜ 五節句

adjective:

• unconnected; weakly related; far beyond (one's means, ability)
• having little prospect of marriage

noun:

• not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

expression:

• being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students) - slang - humorous term

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having various interests; wide range of interests

expression:

• coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework

expression:

• worthy of; worth doing; worth having - contraction of ...をする甲斐がある - colloquialism ➜ やり甲斐【やりがい】

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)