noun:

• directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos)

noun:

• type of faceted glass from Edo ➜ 切り子ガラス

noun:

• long spell of rain in early spring

noun:

• former president of a company

noun:

• statement of opposition; opposition declaration

noun:

• letter of responsibility (for a crime)

noun:

• year of the dragon

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school ➜ 千家【せんけ】

noun:

• sun of wisdom; Buddha's or Bodhisattva's limitless light of wisdom - Buddhism term

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

noun:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI

noun:

• partition of an estate (inheritance) - Law term

expression:

• one of these days; someday

noun:

• lump of snow; snowpack; chunk of snow

noun:

• metal ornament in shape of a woman's breast

noun:

• offering of consecrated rice

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• an import quota system - abbreviation

noun:

• ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• bowl of rice topped with egg

noun:

• end-of-text - IT term