expression:

• legacy of the past

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• one's outlook on the universe

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be saved from the fire

noun:

• China under the Manchus

noun:

• area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 外帯
• area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本内帯

noun:

• the art of war; martial arts; military arts - archaism
• military force; the sword
• valor; bravery
• military officer; military man

particle:

• on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

noun:

• statement by the government; national statement

expression:

• The world is at peace - idiom

noun:

• (decadent) music of the state of Zheng

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• game played as a form of punishment by the loser of a contest

noun:

• 4th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 4th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

noun:

• simultaneous contemplation of the threefold truth (form of Tendai meditation) - Buddhism term ➜ 三諦

noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道【さんあくどう】
• three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases) ［さんあく］

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

noun:

• old woman ghost from the Kanto region

expression / adjective:

• spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)

noun:

• in the open; the open air

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

noun:

• fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)