noun:

• nursing care level (between 1 and 5 based on assessment of care requirements) ➜ 要介護

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• saros (period of approximately 18 years and 11 days between repetition of eclipses)

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

conjunction:

• indicates two contrasting actions - form: ...つ...つ ➜ 浮きつ沈みつ・追いつ追われつ

particle:

• indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words) - archaism

expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ ナポリを見てから死ね

noun:

• guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• three-person saddle

noun:

• Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi) - obscure term ➜ 宋学

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

• primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens) ➜ プリムラ

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering)

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun:

• Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses) ➜ 地蔵

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings) - obscure term ➜ 上駒

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb

noun:

• combined living room, dining room and kitchen

expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

expression:

• to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Kannon (Boddhisattva); Kwannon; Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation); Guan Yin; Kuan Yin - Buddhism term ➜ 観音菩薩【かんのんぼさつ】・観音【かんのん】