noun:

• subjects of the examination

godan ~る verb:

• to change the state of things

noun:

• type of brocade ➜ 蜀江の錦

noun:

• handle of an axe; handle of a hatchet - obscure term

noun:

• the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death) - Buddhism term

noun:

• conferment of posthumous rank

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

noun:

• on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor ➜ 楼閣

noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 江戸狂言

noun:

• period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)

noun:

• extension and structural alteration of building

noun:

• a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious - four character idiom

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ナ行変格活用

noun:

• passage of lines

noun:

• final bout of the tournament day - Sumo term

noun:

• proprietor of a school

noun:

• principle of sufficient reason (logic)

noun:

• champion of children's sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• muscle of mastication

expression:

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• distribution of wealth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of one's post