noun:

• three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• the same faith

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony) ➜ 後炭

noun:

• first month of the lunar calendar
• January

noun:

• the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom

noun:

• the first half-year; first half of the year

expression / adverb:

• for the first time in one's life

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• tip of the tongue; speech; way of talking

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根の乾かぬうち【したのねのかわかぬうち】

noun:

• 33 sacred places in the Kanto Region (which was previously known as Bandou) ➜ 三十三所

noun:

• town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

noun:

• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR ➜ 琉球列島米国民政府

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

noun:

• Olympic Cauldron (platform (structure) bearing the Olympic flame)

noun / ~する noun:

• memorial to the emperor

noun:

• scene of the crime (offense, offence)

noun:

• the major leagues - Baseball term

noun:

• problems of the elderly
• problems of an aging society

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

counter:

• the n-th - indicates position in a sequence ➜ 番目