noun:

• corporate patronage of the arts and culture - From French "mécénat"

noun:

• exchange rates of the dollar

noun:

• spring wind telling the tidings of flowers

noun:

• First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ➜ 東証一部

noun:

• The Union of South Africa - abbreviation

noun:

• The Union of South Africa

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• final three bouts of the tournament day - Sumo term

noun:

• ceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms - Sumo term

noun:

• The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi ➜ 五経

expression:

• continued luck in the fortunes of war - four character idiom

adverb:

• nearly; almost; on the point of (doing)

noun:

• Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

adverbial noun:

• course of medical treatment; under-the-doctor

noun:

• the harmony of yin and yang energies - four character idiom

noun:

• blending of the classical and colloquial styles - four character idiom

noun:

• stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament) - four character idiom

noun:

• match held in front of the Emperor - Sumo term

noun:

• argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• persuasiveness; skilled in the art of persuasion - four character idiom

noun:

• in and around the city of Kyoto - four character idiom

expression:

• jokingly; in the form of a joke

noun:

• the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments

noun:

• the large number of temples in Kyoto - four character idiom

noun:

• Ark of the Covenant (Judaism)
• tabernacle (Catholicism)