noun:

• governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

noun:

• assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

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

noun:

• abacus; flat slab forming the top part of the capital of a column - Architecture term - From Greek

noun:

• ancient language; ancient word
• ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period - Linguistics term

noun:

• the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• lock of hair (on the side of the head)

noun:

• the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters

noun:

• the flower (prime) of youth; the spring of life

expression:

• (in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament

noun:

• top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar ➜ 肩先

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

noun:

• Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown

noun:

• truth of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四諦

noun:

• the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo ➜ 下町言葉・山の手

noun:

• Saisetsu; one of the eight gods of the Koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Saiha; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Hyoubi; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Saikyo; one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神