noun:

• novel depicting customs and manners of the day - four character idiom

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun:

• makizushi with the rice on the outside - Food term ➜ 巻き寿司【まきずし】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• kanji radical 35 when at the bottom (as in the character for summer)

noun:

• Australia, New Zealand and the United States; ANZUS ➜ アンザス条約

noun:

• the international arena - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the present year; at that time

noun:

• end of the year or season; year end

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being ➜ 本門

noun:

• secret aid by the gods

noun:

• the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) ➜ 四畿内

noun:

• wand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)

expression:

• on the contrary

noun:

• police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site ➜ 地取り・聞き込み捜査

expression / ichidan verb:

• to know much of the world

adverb:

• throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• equal to the current record (in sports, etc.)

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

noun:

• leaving the (repair) dock

noun:

• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to enjoy the trust and confidence of

noun:

• the smaller waterfall (of the two)