noun:

• head; chief; leader; elder
• the greatest of all; the most excellent

adverb:

• at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun / ~する noun:

• Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

noun:

• perestroika; reform movement within the Soviet Communist Party in the 1980s - From Russian "perestroyka"

noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism

noun:

• revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan) - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• being older or a senior; the first half of the year

noun:

• stage made of Japanese cypress
• the limelight; the big time

noun / ~する noun:

• alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty) ➜ 秦・連衡・六国

noun:

• something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead

noun:

• Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)

noun:

• 4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back - Sumo term

noun:

• 4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun) - four character idiom

noun:

• the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass - four character idiom

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

expression:

• the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie - proverb

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"

noun:

• cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies) ➜ 飛螻蛄

noun:

• secret or hidden place
• female genitalia - euph.
• the underworld; the other world

noun:

• moon-viewing on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month - archaism ➜ 後の月【のちのつき】

noun:

• Myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) - Buddhism term