noun:

• the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments

noun:

• sides of the chest - obscure term

noun:

• cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) ➜ 右近の橘・紫宸殿

noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制

noun:

• the emperor

noun:

• cold at the end of autumn

noun:

• protecting the emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

~の noun:

• established by the company

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the bus

noun / ~する noun:

• departure from the capital

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

noun:

• system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause [literal] - sometimes abbr. to 拍手

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun / ~する noun:

• setting the table; laying the table
• setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference; setting the stage - idiom

noun:

• confirmation of the referee's decision of the bout outcome - Sumo term

noun:

• the third ...; tertiary

noun:

• archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)

noun:

• inside the court

noun / ~する noun:

• watering at the mouth; covetousness

noun:

• the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous - four character idiom

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand at the head of others

noun:

• the Feast of Weeks; Pentecost