expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

expression:

• the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• person in the same business; the profession; the trade

noun:

• the masses; the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• on the street; around town; the world; the public

noun:

• the whole nation; all the people in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the average Joe; the man in the street

noun / ~する noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers ➜ 下達上通・上達

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

noun:

• Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead - Buddhism term

noun:

• the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped

noun:

• ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people - four character idiom

noun:

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

expression:

• the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son - proverb

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

noun:

• public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗星

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星