expression:

• the one thing that is well-remembered

noun:

• history of the Western world

noun:

• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt

noun:

• splitting the bill - From English "Dutch account" ➜ 割り勘

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard

noun:

• the essential point

expression:

• the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb

noun:

• during the morning

noun:

• the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• unparalleled in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the seal

expression / noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided

noun:

• the next year

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun:

• study of the calendar; way of the calendar - archaism ➜ 暦学

noun:

• single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

noun:

• the smaller waves

noun:

• registered mail for the purpose of sending money

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 事の序で