noun:

• Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

expression:

• Life and death are the two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead

noun:

• type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
• type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

noun / ~する noun:

• losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart - four character idiom

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

noun:

• overwhelming majority (number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties)

expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)

noun:

• The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun:

• mistake; error; blunder ➜ ミス
• accident; mishap; trouble
• improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

noun:

• mistake; error; blunder ➜ ミス
• accident; mishap; trouble
• improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

noun:

• mistake; error; discrepancy
• discrepancy between one's actions and intentions - Law term

noun:

• physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy - From English "skinship"

noun / ~の noun:

• born between January 1st and April 1st (school entrance date) ➜ 遅生まれ

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare

noun:

• battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)