noun:

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

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

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to draw a line between; to clearly differentiate; to distinguish between

expression:

• and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like

noun / ~する noun:

• comment; criticism

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• space between trees; gap between trees

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame [literal] - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame ➜ 閉月羞花・沈魚落雁

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

suffix:

• pluralizing suffix
• or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc. ➜ あちら・いくら
• nominalizing suffix - after the stem of an adjective ➜ 清ら

noun:

• price variance between domestic and overseas markets; local-foreign price difference

noun / ~の noun:

• line-spacing in text; "between the lines" [figurative] ➜ 行間を読む

noun / suffix noun:

• playing
• play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue
• duty
• formal greeting (between gamblers) - perhaps derived from 辞儀 ➜ 辞儀【じんぎ】・仁義を切る
• (gang's) moral code

noun:

• All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

noun:

• All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969 - abbreviation ➜ 全学共闘会議

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩