noun:

• college of liberal arts (general education); liberal arts school

noun:

• second accession of the same emperor

noun:

• exhibition of rare (old, antiquarian) books

expression:

• having no inkling of; having no idea of ➜ さっぱり分らない

noun:

• Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• grove of the village shrine

noun:

• list of marks; list of grades

adverb:

• in spite of oneself; absently; involuntarily ➜ 我にも非ず

noun:

• prostitute of the second rank (below the taiyu) (Edo period) ➜ 太夫

noun:

• depth of focus

noun:

• news of a victory

expression:

• state of slight intoxication; being a little drunk

noun:

• joint committee of both houses

expression / adjective:

• of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• front of a mawashi

noun:

• speck of cloud

noun:

• type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage

noun:

• Taika Reform of 645CE

noun:

• flames of jealousy

noun:

• dive on an underwater scooter; diver propulsion vehicle dive

noun:

• coldest time of the year; bitter suffering

noun / ~の noun:

• beauty of slender female legs