adverb:

• silently; hushed; in a still manner ➜ 寂【じゃく】

noun:

• love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing - four character idiom

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

noun:

• Shōwa restoration; Showa restoration; call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind - idiom

expression:

• towards; against; regarding; in contrast with ➜ に対する

noun / ~する noun:

• heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun:

• Janissaries; Janissary corps; elite infantry in the Ottoman Empire - From Turkish "Yeniçeri"

noun:

• maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting

expression:

• Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb:

• to accustom oneself to using; to train; to break in (horses)

noun:

• contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

suffix noun:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. ➜ っ放し

noun:

• land speculation; real-estate speculation; speculation in land

expression:

• cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants ➜ 仕打ち

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits - four character idiom ➜ 揚々

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb:

• such; like that; in that way - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業別組合

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• cellar; cave; hole in the ground