noun:

• Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers - Sumo, Food term ➜ ちゃんこ鍋【ちゃんこなべ】

noun:

• half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混一色

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅【たいぞうかいまんだら】・金剛界曼荼羅【こんごうかいまんだら】

noun:

• yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara period Japan

noun:

• one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity - four character idiom

noun:

• Hominini; tribe comprising humans, chimpanzees and bonobos

noun:

• tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters - Shintō term ➜ 大嘗祭【だいじょうさい】

expression:

• you get what you pay for; penny wise and pound foolish - proverb

expression:

• heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through - four character idiom

noun:

• even (of a trade); no advantage and no disadvantage

noun:

• tic tac toe; noughts and crosses

noun:

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

noun:

• weekday; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

noun:

• detinning; removal of tin and copper - obscure term

noun:

• low uplands; intermediary area between plains and mountains

noun / adjectival noun:

• being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed - abbreviation ➜ 乱離骨灰

noun:

• Jolly Rodger; pirate skull-and-crossbones flag

noun:

• nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• Erinaceomorpha; order comprising the hedgehogs and the moonrats

expression / noun:

• well-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger [literal]

noun:

• Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression - abbreviation ➜ 特別高等警察