noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period

noun:

• the national economy

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun:

• the Maori ➜ マオリ族

noun:

• the very same person - four character idiom

noun:

• responsibility for the consequences; absolute liability; moral responsibility; answerability

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

noun:

• thirteenth day of the month
• thirteen days

noun:

• the old town

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun / ~する noun:

• return of the Emperor (from a visit)
• return of a shintai to its shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to descend the rapids

noun:

• the fourth estate; the proletariat

noun:

• a person whose services are at the disposal of another

noun:

• salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth - from Genesis 1:28 - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• handing down the precepts - Buddhism term

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

noun:

• revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan) - abbreviation ➜ 尊皇攘夷

noun:

• the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses

noun:

• the world

noun:

• pit of the stomach - four character idiom