noun:

• adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded

noun:

• anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era - four character idiom

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan) - abbreviation ➜ 尊皇攘夷

noun:

• swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

noun:

• floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

noun:

• geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land

noun:

• the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses

noun:

• black tassel hung above the northwest corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• new futures on the first trading session of the month

noun:

• shogi game with the superior player playing without the kaku

noun:

• green tassel hung above the northeast corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• white tassel hung above the southwest corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter) - four character idiom

noun:

• company name with the words "kabushiki kaisha" at the end ➜ 前株

expression:

• in the early period (of something); at the beginning

noun:

• the entombed; the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)

noun:

• Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world) - Buddhism term

expression:

• (at the) last moment; (in the) nick of time

noun / ~する noun:

• stroll on the Ginza (i.e. the street)

noun:

• the wherewithal; means; the money (needed to do something)

noun:

• appreciation of the yen against the (American) dollar