noun:

• limit on participation

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• falling short of the mark

noun:

• transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)

noun:

• the modern pentathlon

noun:

• breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation - four character idiom

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun / ~する noun:

• report to the Emperor

noun:

• the way of the gods

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• being versed in the literary and military arts

noun:

• ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre ➜ 観音開き【かんのんびらき】

noun:

• infectious disease originating overseas entering the country through an infected traveller or goods

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to reveal the faults

noun:

• along the coast

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise the standard

noun / ~する noun:

• forwarding documents regarding an additional charge to the public prosecutor

noun / ~する noun:

• lying down on one's side

noun:

• slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

noun:

• strap-on dildo - abbreviation ➜ ペニスバンド

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

expression:

• curiosity killed the cat - proverb

noun:

• the wish to have one's ashes scattered

noun:

• owned by the prefecture