expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
• the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

noun:

• virtuous deed; act of merit - Buddhism term
• grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing - Buddhism term

noun:

• posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo) - Sumo, Martial Arts term

noun:

• Sunna (collection of recorded words and actions of the prophet Muhammad); Sunnah - From Arabic "sunna"

noun:

• boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa, species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi - abbr. of 一円タクシー

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

noun:

• three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

noun:

• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れの舞台

noun:

• renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• ground levelling (leveling)
• laying the groundwork; making preparations; smoothing the way

noun:

• roller; road leveller

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun:

• kanji "leg" or "foot" radical at left
• being (too) late; the past; the previous ［あとへん］

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

expression:

• (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force - idiom

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)

noun:

• Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)

noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival