expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

noun:

• separation from the world

noun:

• small silver coin of the Edo period

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

expression:

• the hardest thing of all

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set on fire; to ignite

noun:

• compensation to the bereaved family

noun:

• the eastern half

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking under the weight of snow

noun:

• the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor ➜ 勅語

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏

noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

noun:

• the same person

noun:

• defeated soldier fleeing the enemy

expression / adverb:

• to the bitter end; to the hilt

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun:

• forward edge of the battle area

adverb / ~と adverb:

• focussing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• selfish; self-serving - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution - four character idiom

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; the eyes are the mirror of the heart [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the Pope - early Japanese Christian term - archaism - From Portuguese "papa"

noun / ~する noun:

• drying in the shade

noun:

• small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi ➜ 半臂

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒