noun:

• rice delivered to the government

noun:

• referee officiating the third lowest sumo division - Sumo term

noun:

• the Gospels

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• intended for the young

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• premature separation of the placenta

noun:

• return to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.) - archaism

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

noun:

• the avant-garde

noun:

• counterattack while evading the opponent's attack (kendo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

noun:

• the Court

noun:

• leaving the palace

noun:

• the active; active voice - Linguistics term ➜ 能動

noun:

• being buried in the same grave

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern - archaism

noun:

• on-the-spot investigation

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be the same; to coincide; to correspond - from 同じくする, as 〜を同じゅうする

noun:

• tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing

noun:

• the early church; the primitive church

noun:

• daimyo in the Warring States period - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• equality before the law; equality under the law

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"