expression:

• function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft

noun / ~する noun:

• concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

noun:

• natural gifts
• Tenju era (of the Southern Court) (1375.5.27-1381.2.10)

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun:

• getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.) ➜ 落ち

noun / ~する noun:

• departure of the emperor from the capital

noun:

• western style or fashion

adjectival noun / noun:

• elegant or refined style

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:

• idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China - four character idiom

noun:

• age (expressed in the Western style of counting fully completed years)

noun:

• small, cheap book in the style of a magazine - From English "handy mook" ➜ ムック

noun:

• poem
• narrative (style of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義
• classical Chinese rhymed prose

expression:

• in terms of; from the point of view of

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

noun:

• the part of a province midway from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の後

noun:

• thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term

noun:

• 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

expression:

• springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)

noun:

• kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
• (Western) pop song - early Showa era term