noun:

• situated in Tokyo

noun:

• staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

expression / noun:

• bolt from the blue; great surprise - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaning to the left
• leftist tendency; becoming radical ➜ 右傾

noun:

• well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
• pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses
• number sign; hash ➜ 番号記号

noun:

• The Nonpareil Kitchen; The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to relieve someone of the leading role - obscure term

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

noun:

• the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering) - Buddhism term

noun:

• loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• number one in all of America; best in all of America

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

expression:

• according to the rules - IT term

noun:

• the whole world; the universe - four character idiom

noun:

• in-line subroutine - IT term

expression:

• the only way (is to ..)

noun:

• salt-throwing ceremony before the sumo bout - Sumo term

noun:

• number of syllabic sounds in a language

adverb:

• trickle down in thick drops - onomatopoeia

noun:

• common plum (Prunus domestica); European plum

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• inquiring the Buddha way

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period ➜ 独鈷石

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark ➜ 正鵠を射る