noun:

• allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)

unclassified:

• voiced repetition mark in hiragana

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

expression / noun:

• benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• priest's religious name

noun:

• daikon pickled in salted rice yeast - Food term

noun:

• manipulation of public opinion - four character idiom

noun:

• head of the Foreign Relations Committee

noun:

• expounding the teachings of Buddha; spinning the dharma wheel [literal] ➜ 法輪

noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains)
• endless

noun / suffix noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

noun:

• built-in greeting - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be cleared of a charge

noun:

• fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)

noun:

• physical delivery office name - IT term

noun:

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR

noun:

• improvement in efficiency

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• crucian carp caught in midwinter - best season for eating them ➜ 鮒

noun:

• var. of senbei shaped like a Japanese plum

noun:

• rules concerning application of laws

noun / ~する noun:

• clarity of vision

noun:

• view of marriage; outlook on marriage; attitude towards marriage

noun:

• destruction of nature

noun:

• left skirt of a kimono
• geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) ➜ 芸妓