noun:

• strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

noun:

• Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince

noun:

• commander-in-chief
• one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• the whole month; all the month

noun:

• favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

expression / ichidan verb:

• to appear on the stage; to be in the limelight

adverb / ~の noun:

• behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

noun:

• drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term

noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity - four character idiom

expression:

• the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense

noun:

• Tusita heaven; Tushita; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

noun / ~の noun:

• upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

noun:

• commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes) - obscure term

noun:

• epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

noun:

• Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神
• Jupiter (planet) - archaism ➜ 木星

noun:

• young ascetic of the Himalayas; one of the Buddha's past lives - Buddhism term ➜ 釈迦

noun:

• period from midnight until the early morning
• around 4 in the morning ➜ 寅の刻

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

noun:

• General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ ➜ ＧＨＱ

noun:

• living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof

noun:

• heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

noun / ~の noun:

• light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster) ➜ 紫苑