expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

noun:

• the knowledge industry

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be to the point; to be pertinent

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

noun:

• female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period - obscure term ➜ 慶長

noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• the remaining bandits

noun:

• operated by the government

noun:

• the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】・中山道【なかせんどう】

noun:

• power of the state

noun:

• the nebular hypothesis ➜ カントラプラスの星雲説

noun:

• Japan and the Philippines

noun:

• the modern era; present day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)

noun:

• writing style used to write the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• life as evanescent as the dew

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice

noun:

• The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi ➜ 五経

noun:

• land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

noun:

• reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances - Law term

noun:

• The Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939-1940)

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves ➜ 雨落ち