noun:

• air of luxury; high class feel

noun:

• place of study; school

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• bottom of a box

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be equal to the task; to be up to the job; to be capable of filling the post

noun:

• first calligraphy of the year ➜ 書き初め

noun:

• plank of a bridge; bridge plank

noun / ~する noun:

• pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• overthrow of the shogunate

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

noun:

• number of characters; number of letters; word count

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• jack-in-the-pulpit; cobra lily (plant of genus Arisaema)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

temporal noun:

• the very beginning

noun:

• realm of the senses; sensible world; material world

noun:

• method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering

noun:

• vaginal portion of cervix - From Latin "portio"

noun:

• the seven seas

noun:

• carrying out an election campaign using the Internet ➜ インターネット選挙

noun:

• mood of a poem; poet's mood when writing

noun:

• fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown - four character idiom

noun:

• superphosphate of lime

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】