noun:

• door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

noun:

• the Gospel according to Mark (book of the Bible)

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く

~の noun / noun:

• along the road; at the side of the road

noun / ~する noun:

• going straight to the infirmary in school

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun / ~する noun:

• playing in the sand

noun:

• cancer of the uterine body

noun:

• spirit of the age; zeitgeist - four character idiom

noun:

• officer of the court

noun:

• the night owls

noun:

• urine remaining in the bladder after urination

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

expression:

• inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")

noun:

• The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI

noun:

• the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

noun:

• ball hit over the center fielder - Baseball term - From English "center over"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the profit over the fame

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated - idiom

noun:

• the person himself

noun:

• Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

noun:

• all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• base of the tongue; root of the tongue ➜ 舌の根の乾かぬうち

noun:

• first seven days of the year ➜ 小正月