noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to seize the initiative

expression:

• inside and outside the company

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

noun:

• King of the Mountains (cycling, esp. Tour de France) - Sports term

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• the life of the people; the people's living

noun:

• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• first year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō) ➜ 甲子・三革

noun:

• the principle of not resuming debate on an item in the same Diet session in which it has been voted down

noun:

• the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves

noun:

• private school for the study of English

adverb:

• (after) bouncing around from one place to the next

noun:

• rikishi of the lowest rank - colloquialism ➜ 力士
• underling

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

noun:

• person in the wrong; malfeasant

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

noun:

• style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

expression / adjective:

• beautiful to the eye; pleasant to the eye; sightly

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one

noun:

• The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching ➜ 五経

noun:

• the whole mountain; all the mountains

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

noun:

• traffic sign painted on the road