noun:

• height of the neck

noun:

• on-the-spot inspection; on-site inspection

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

noun:

• four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor - Music term

noun:

• China and the Soviet Union ➜ ソ連【ソれん】

prefix:

• Sino-Soviet; Soviet-Chinese ➜ 中ソ国境紛争【ちゅうソこっきょうふんそう】

noun:

• the study of the calendar

noun:

• principle of living only for the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"

noun:

• protection against the tide

noun:

• The Pleiades

noun:

• ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• Jack the Ripper

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

noun:

• focal point of a lens behind the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

noun:

• lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)

noun / ~する noun:

• (system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun:

• the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas) - Buddhism term

noun:

• company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see

expression / noun:

• the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage