noun:

• journeying to Song China during the Heian and Kamakura periods - archaism

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc. ➜ 金券ショップ【きんけんショップ】

noun:

• ceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms - Sumo term

noun:

• makizushi comprising mackerel fillet marinated in salt and vinegar, wrapped in rice and covered in shredded kombu - Food term

noun:

• (one of) the eight earliest and most prestigious high schools (Meiji period) - From English "number school"

noun:

• perpetual youth and longevity - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• big and brawny; well built; gigantic ➜ ガタイがいい

noun:

• great and ancient nation

expression:

• (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker

noun:

• gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan - archaism

noun:

• point and shoot

noun:

• street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to nip (something) in the bud

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to stand upright with arms and/or legs spread
• to dodge

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• being both repellant and attractive at the same time; being both cute and disgusting - slang - colloquialism

noun:

• soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission - abbreviation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• quietly and assiduously - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• high and dry ground

noun:

• sales, general, and administrative expenses

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

expression:

• I can't die and leave things this way - idiom

expression:

• and they all lived happily ever after - traditional ending to stories ➜ 愛でたし