adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• year of the sheep

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

noun:

• all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• the art of classical Japanese poetry ➜ 和歌

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

noun:

• selection of documents - IT term

noun:

• distribution of assignments

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

noun:

• count of balls and strikes - Baseball term - From English "ball count"

noun:

• rim of bowl or vessel
• peristome

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have an ear for music

noun:

• ridge-end tile with the figure of a Shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)

noun / ~の noun:

• frequency of use - IT term

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with an air of composure; calmly

noun:

• international division of labor; international division of labour; international specialization - Economics term

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• beginning-of-volume label; volume (header) label; volume header - IT term

noun:

• zone of action

noun:

• term in which an appeal may be filed

noun:

• name of a drug or medicine

noun:

• execution by decapitation, followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism

noun:

• national center of trade unions; national centre of trade unions