noun:

• the point of no return

noun:

• low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

noun:

• unity of church and state - four character idiom

noun:

• infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis

noun:

• Economic Report of the President (US)

expression / noun:

• privacy of correspondence

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to help (a person) out of danger

noun:

• haircut of uniform length - From English "one-length"

noun:

• one who offers prayer in place of another

noun:

• man of the world; experienced in matters of the heart

noun:

• matter of life or death; life-and-death problem - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• removal (extraction) of stitches; removal of sutures

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun:

• hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

noun:

• body of a snake; serpentine

noun / expression:

• god of medicine

noun / ~する noun:

• continued staging of a play or show

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

noun:

• Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war, 1868)

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• unity of body and spirit - four character idiom

noun:

• twenty-fourth day of the month
• twenty-four days

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with