noun / ~する noun:

• failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

noun:

• chankonabe; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers - Sumo, Food term

noun:

• et cetera; and so forth - From Latin

noun:

• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun / ~する noun:

• wings and feathers
• assistance; aid; help; someone's right hand

noun:

• shoe rack (in genkan); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

noun:

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT

noun:

• the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) ➜ 四畿内

noun:

• the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

noun:

• the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays

noun:

• the 5 Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

noun:

• adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting

noun:

• useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

noun:

• couple with older man and younger woman; May-December romance

noun:

• director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office) ➜ 弾正台

noun / ~する noun:

• assistance; backing; support
• aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment - Law term

noun:

• numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

noun:

• pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and wine - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

noun:

• flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• bulky and heavy; massive; solid; weighty; substantial - onomatopoeia
• dignified; imposing; composed - onomatopoeia