noun:

• circumference of the navel; treasure trail; sagittal hair

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

noun:

• doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.) - polite language ➜ 初【はつ】
• new item; first crop of the season

noun:

• textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun / ~する noun:

• admission to the courtroom

noun:

• spiritual protection of the state - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• tax withholding at the source

noun:

• root of the nose

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to count on someone as the only support

noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• phalanx (phalange) of the hand
• phalanx (phalange) of the foot ➜ 趾骨

noun:

• one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours) ➜ 五更

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• the Northern Territories

noun:

• in the fog

noun:

• student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school - colloquialism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

noun:

• the dark or seamy side

expression:

• do not chase the one who leaves - proverb

expression / adverb:

• for the sake of humanity

noun:

• the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji