noun:

• Battle of Shanghai (1937)

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• spirit of unity; team spirit; esprit de corps

noun:

• a person of high morals; a Taoist

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun:

• person of mixed race; mestizo

noun:

• board of chamberlains

noun:

• instruments of punishment

expression / noun:

• the last part of a poem or Bible verse

expression:

• rub of the green

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• crown of laurel

noun:

• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

noun / adjectival noun:

• being of very robust health - four character idiom

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

noun:

• seal of approval

noun:

• book of poems

noun:

• painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell - four character idiom

noun:

• tinkling of jades - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be tired of hearing

noun:

• allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

expression / noun:

• benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign