noun:

• the pain brought on by the five skandha - Buddhism term ➜ 五陰

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• Epistle to the Romans (book of the Bible)

adverbial noun:

• due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

noun:

• head of the Department of Worship ➜ 神祇官

noun:

• the three-body problem - Physics term

noun:

• being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different)

expression:

• Very sincerely yours ➜ 不一

~の noun / noun:

• peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled - orig. meaning - archaism

godan ~る verb:

• to be off the press

noun:

• bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers

noun:

• compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production ➜ 私撰

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

noun:

• the works (of the gods) - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• writing style used to write the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• inn where one rests on the way - archaism
• inn that serves as a meeting place for lovers - archaism ➜ 出合い宿
• inn that introduces clients to prostitutes - archaism ➜ 引き手茶屋

noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• the heavens

noun:

• child of the times; modern kid; with-it youngster

noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

noun:

• speaker of the Lower House

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

noun:

• fortieth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell