noun:

• The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi ➜ 五経

noun:

• land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

noun:

• reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances - Law term

noun:

• The Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939-1940)

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves ➜ 雨落ち

noun:

• member of the Lower House

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to appear the same; to be like; to seem to be; to be similar to

noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun:

• one's followers or hangers-on - abbreviation ➜ 取り巻き連中

noun:

• Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January); one of the 5 seasonal festivals ➜ 五節句

noun:

• the heat of food just after cooking ➜ 粗熱を取る

noun:

• letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

noun:

• thirty-ninth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China ➜ 福建土楼【ふっけんどろう】

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

noun:

• The Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1941-1944)

noun:

• Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet) - abbreviation ➜ 議院運営委員会

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

noun:

• slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• falling asleep at the wheel

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exclude from the schedule

noun:

• one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand - four character idiom