noun:

• main part of a book

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• heaven of controlling others' emanations - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

noun:

• narrow strip of land

noun:

• strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate

expression:

• in the course of one's duties

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• galaxy of able persons; collection of intellectuals - four character idiom

noun:

• fifth of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• edge of a street

noun:

• slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period) - 歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen ➜ うた沢

noun:

• queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii); titanka; puya de Raimondi

adjectival noun:

• of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing - abbreviation - slang ➜ 意味不明

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

noun:

• curvature of field (optics)

noun:

• type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

noun:

• restoration of imperial rule - four character idiom ➜ 明治維新【めいじいしん】

noun:

• suppression of speech; suppression of dissent; censorship

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information

noun:

• traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers

expression / adjective:

• of noble birth; wellborn ➜ 生まれのいい【うまれのいい】