noun:

• blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)

noun:

• glasnost; Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues in the 1980s - From Russian "glasnost'"

noun:

• endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences - four character idiom - Buddhism term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame - four character idiom

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

noun:

• draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• the art of giving a brief glimpse of something (e.g. one's underwear)

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

noun:

• tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

adjective:

• light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) Antonym: 重い
• light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
• non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
• slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
• easy; simple
• indiscriminate ➜ 口が軽い

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

conjunction:

• If that's the case ...; If so ...; That being the case ...

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to flutter in the wind; to wave in the wind

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

noun / adverbial noun:

• as it is; as one likes; because; as

noun:

• condition; state
• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ［ママ］ - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし