noun / ~する noun:

• in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house

noun:

• studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality - four character idiom

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world
• top and bottom ［てんち］
• gods of heaven and earth ［あめつち］

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• Aegukga; national anthem of South Korea
• Aegukka; national anthem of North Korea; The Patriotic Song; Let Morning Shine
• The Patriotic Song; national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of the Russian Federation from 1990 to 2000

noun:

• joint and several liability; each individual being responsible for the payment of his share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fight to the last (death)

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

godan ~く verb:

• to fight to the bitter end

noun / ~の noun:

• picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty

noun:

• advantageous position; strategic location ［形勝］

noun:

• half tide (e.g. midway between spring and neap tides)

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb

noun:

• cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens ➜ 比内鶏

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.) - Buddhism term
• (monks and laity of) the Jishu sect - Buddhism term ➜ 時宗

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席