noun:

• the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren) - honorific language

noun:

• branch of ancient Japanese magic tricks inherited mainly from oral tradition

noun / expression:

• three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友

noun:

• Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

noun:

• spreading of a fire

noun:

• number of houses

noun:

• codes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)

noun:

• population of a fief

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

noun:

• extract of ginseng

noun:

• site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet

suffix / expression:

• quite capable of ...; might happen; not unlikely to ➜ 兼ねる

noun:

• depth of the sea

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation of (undelivered) freight; freight congestion
• accumulation of (unsold) goods; accumulation of stock; stockpile of goods; stock; unsold inventory

noun:

• span of control

noun:

• night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

noun:

• relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form

noun:

• coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students

noun:

• soot on the bottom of a pot or pan

noun:

• evidence of course completion (e.g. diploma)

noun:

• shades of night; night scene

noun / ~する noun:

• consummation of a marriage

noun:

• disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki