noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• diagonal view of face (artist term); three-quarter view of face

noun:

• security of (tariff) concessions

adjective:

• smelling of rotten food and drink - obscure term

noun:

• shrine of imperial ancestors

noun:

• the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom

noun:

• rustling of clothes

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

suffix / counter:

• counter for games of mahjong - Mahjong term - From Chinese "zhuang"

noun:

• Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE) ［だじょうかん・だいじょうかん］
• Department of State (under the ritsuryo system) - usu. だいじょうかん ➜ 律令制

noun:

• texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food

noun:

• lacquer made from the sap of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides ➜ 漉油

noun:

• expiration of term of office

noun:

• expiration of a term of service

expression:

• result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour

noun:

• dilation of the pupil; mydriasis

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• Bachelor of Laws

noun:

• member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

noun:

• incident of death; fatal case

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

noun:

• Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

noun:

• dissolution of the lower house of parliament ➜ 衆議院解散【しゅうぎいんかいさん】

noun:

• instrument(s) of torture