noun:

• "bird-in-the-cage" children's game

expression / noun:

• God of the gaps

noun:

• the whole; all the rest

expression:

• losing the means of livelihood ➜ 食い上げ

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• one's views on the family; family values

noun:

• the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings - Buddhism term ➜ 不動明王・釈迦如来・文殊菩薩・普賢菩薩・地蔵菩薩・弥勒菩薩・薬師如来・観世音菩薩・勢至菩薩・阿弥陀如来・阿しゅく仏・大日如来・虚空蔵菩薩

noun:

• hopes of the people

noun:

• the political party to which one belongs

noun:

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

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

noun:

• tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher) - Baseball term - From English "waiting"
• waiting; holding back; refraining

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

noun:

• tree swayed by the wind ➜ 風木
• thinking about one's deceased parents - archaism ➜ 風樹の嘆

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

noun:

• standing member-nation of the UN Security Council

noun:

• the world of sports

noun:

• part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

expression:

• if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit [literal] - archaism - proverb ➜ 里【り】・町

noun:

• the young

noun:

• person who turns up at the right moment to help

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿