noun:

• Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

noun:

• licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

expression:

• sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools - proverb

noun:

• life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened - four character idiom

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
• punctuation - abbreviation ➜ 句読点
• way of reading (esp. kanbun)

noun:

• the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance) - Buddhism term

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers) ➜ 陽明学

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb

noun:

• family chart and personal history - esp. for お見合い

noun:

• Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)

noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun:

• syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit; mitsumame mixed with an(ko) - from 餡 and 蜜豆 - Food term

noun:

• one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "yizhuang" ➜ 半荘

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• game or series of games between the first and second place teams - Sports term

noun:

• Arts and Crafts Movement

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term ➜ 曙貴時代

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

noun:

• caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom