noun:

• system of rule during the Yamato period ➜ 部【べ】

noun:

• sweets for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun:

• old woman ghost from the Kanto region

noun:

• Characidae; family comprising the characins

noun:

• "bird-in-the-cage" children's game

expression / noun:

• daytime; noon period of the day; matinee

noun:

• Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol - Buddhism term

noun:

• court officer (from the Imperial Household Department)

noun:

• twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

expression:

• in one ear and out the other

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• at the critical moment; when it counts - often used as ここぞというとき or ここぞとばかり

noun / ~の noun:

• below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves

noun:

• Ogino theory (basis of the rhythm method)

noun:

• all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms ➜ 稀人【まれびと】

noun:

• Malay peninsula country during the Tang dynasty

noun:

• last and first days of the month - archaism

noun:

• the four drug-control laws of Japan ➜ 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法・大麻取締法・あへん法・覚せい剤取締法

noun:

• Cuon (genus containing the dhole)

noun:

• Hyaenidae; family comprising the hyenas

noun:

• Procyonidae; family comprising the raccoons

noun:

• Ursidae; family comprising the bears

noun:

• Odobenidae; family containing the walrus

noun:

• Chiroptera; order comprising the bats

noun:

• Lemuridae; family comprising the lemurs