noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

noun:

• beginning of the year
• the oldest person ［としがしら］

noun:

• role of the villain; the bad guy

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• striking with the back of the sword

noun:

• sending off the spirits of the dead

noun:

• sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith

noun:

• industrial reserve force
• the ranks of the unemployed

noun:

• temple built at the order of the emperor

noun:

• coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito

noun:

• the whole world; south of the Big Dipper - archaism

noun:

• something of the same size
• the said university - abbr. of 同大学

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles - four character idiom

noun:

• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

noun / ~の noun:

• plantigrade (walking on the soles of the feet)

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead; the next world ➜ 黄泉【よみ】・黄泉の国