noun:

• getting the same sickness

noun:

• land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• fatty tuna from around the collar bone ➜ とろ

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

noun:

• fourth division of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am) - archaism

noun:

• final three bouts of the tournament day - Sumo term

noun:

• drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term

noun:

• the emperor's pleasure

noun:

• compatibility between the pot and the bonsai

noun:

• The Order of the Golden Kite (Japanese military award)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

noun:

• the break-even point

noun:

• 1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

expression / noun:

• the Seven Deadly Sins

noun:

• castle in the air - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn on the light

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to perform the last rites over the deceased
• to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

expression:

• When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom ➜ 狡兎死して走狗烹らる

noun / ~する noun:

• investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin

expression:

• mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time; laughing mountain [literal] - poetical term

noun:

• the Marco Polo Bridge Incident

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

noun:

• match held in front of the Emperor - Sumo term

noun:

• the chosen one; the chosen ones; the select few