noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

noun:

• the knowledge industry

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be to the point; to be pertinent

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

noun:

• female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period - obscure term ➜ 慶長

noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• the remaining bandits

noun:

• operated by the government

noun:

• the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】・中山道【なかせんどう】

noun:

• power of the state

noun:

• air sick

noun:

• the nebular hypothesis ➜ カントラプラスの星雲説

noun:

• Japan and the Philippines

noun:

• the modern era; present day

noun:

• car air-conditioner - From English "car cooler"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)

noun:

• writing style used to write the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• AIR NFS - IT term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• life as evanescent as the dew

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck on one's side; to get lucky ➜ 芽が出る【めがでる】
• to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise) ➜ 目の玉が飛び出る

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice