noun:

• on the verge of sleep; just after falling asleep

noun:

• first obon following the death of a family member

noun:

• spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family) - archaism

noun:

• money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

noun:

• bell with wooden clapper
• leader; guide (of the public)

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People

noun:

• looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

noun:

• policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give (a guest) the seat of honor (honour)

noun:

• neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay - four character idiom

noun:

• sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil

noun:

• commentary on the Book of Odes by Zheng Xuan

noun:

• shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

noun:

• (the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

noun:

• days (period) (designated) for the seeding in of exhibits

noun:

• Mothers; Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks

noun / ~する noun:

• declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

noun:

• a row of training matches with the same opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler of grand champion quality but without the title - Sumo term

noun:

• blind date party, with the object of sex - slang

noun / adjectival noun:

• varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• rise and fall; frequent fluctuations (of the market price) - four character idiom

noun:

• having something of the old-time samurai about one - four character idiom