noun:

• method of measurement

noun:

• ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

expression:

• tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• blind date party, with the object of sex - slang

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• increasing the number of stitches (knitting) ➜ 減らし目

noun:

• end of a queue - IT term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

noun:

• remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget

noun:

• love of antiquities

noun:

• condition of the common people

noun:

• head of business department

noun:

• wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month) - Buddhism term

noun:

• thirty-eighth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China

noun:

• type of poisonous cockroach bait

expression / noun:

• spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• declaration of death; pronouncing someone to be dead

noun:

• (in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) ➜ 十二律・大呂

noun:

• person of rank; person of status; ranked official

noun:

• Tropic of Cancer

noun:

• top of the foot; instep ➜ 足の甲

noun:

• conferment of Court ranks and decorations - four character idiom

noun:

• person of lofty virtue and great wisdom - four character idiom