expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (expressed as) the ratios of whole numbers

noun:

• the death of Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddhism term
• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 仏涅槃忌

noun:

• rank and order of merit

noun:

• general theory of relativity - abbreviation - Physics term ➜ 一般相対性理論

noun:

• scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage ➜ 女ひでり【おんなひでり】

noun:

• certificate of post-mortem

noun:

• source of information; intelligence source
• message source - IT term

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• senior grade of the third court rank

noun:

• the front of a building; facade

noun:

• location of a press conference; press conference room

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• all sorts or kinds of; motley - four character idiom

noun:

• Battle of the Bulge (1944-1945)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru" - abbreviation ➜ カ行変格活用

noun:

• cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

noun:

• land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60% - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations

noun:

• third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) - archaism

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

noun:

• ramen soup topped with slices of roasted pork - Food term - From Chinese "chashao mian"

noun:

• penultimate bout of the tournament day - Sumo term

noun:

• principle of reason (logic) ➜ 充足理由の原理

noun:

• type of slate (from Miyagi pref.)

noun:

• amount of damages or loss