expression / adverbial noun:

• the other day; a few days ago

noun:

• eleventh month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• essentially the same with only minor differences - four character idiom

noun:

• midsummer
• fifth month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term ➜ 皐月

noun:

• eleventh month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term

noun:

• around-the-clock; (working) day and night - four character idiom

noun:

• area under direct control (of the shogun)

noun:

• return to the divine through spiritual quietude

noun:

• ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth

noun:

• readers' column; letters to the editor section

noun:

• born of the same mother; kindred spirits

adverb:

• identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly

noun:

• chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)

noun:

• otitis interna; inflammation of the inner ear

noun:

• ... all over again (repeating the same failure)

noun:

• Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan)

noun:

• always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible - four character idiom

noun:

• seventh month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term

noun:

• remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland ➜ 辺地

noun:

• selling separately; not included in the price

noun:

• Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• visitor's gallery; seats for the public

noun:

• first month of the lunar calendar
• January

adjectival noun / noun:

• mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men

noun:

• dying of the little twigs and branches