noun:

• period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform ➜ 大化の改新

noun:

• shops on the first floor of a hotel - abbreviation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the silence; to break one's silence

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

noun:

• road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) - obscure term

noun:

• the last half-year; second half of the year

noun:

• meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master - archaism

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄

noun:

• seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school - abbreviation ➜ 七事式【しちじしき】

noun:

• student repeating the same class

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to drink the cup dry

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

expression:

• putting on weight from the good (married) life - colloquialism

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to move along with the times - obscure term

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• hear something for the last time

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

noun:

• the Big Three (countries)

noun:

• the easier of two slopes

noun:

• the neck

noun:

• area remote from the city; outlying area

noun:

• look of the sky

noun:

• river raised above the surrounding land