noun:

• metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music

noun:

• index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations

noun:

• Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu - abbreviation ➜ 五葉松

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• shoemaker spinefoot (Siganus sutor, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)

noun:

• Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc. - archaism

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

noun:

• ripple; ring on the water
• repercussions
• Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound - Music term

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

noun:

• the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)

expression / noun:

• a matter of life and death

noun:

• capes and bays; indentation (of a coast) - obscure term

noun:

• the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom

noun:

• short and round sleeves of a kimono

noun:

• climate and natural features (of a region) - four character idiom