noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• (in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament

adverb:

• around the mouth

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun / ~する noun:

• signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• fencing master of the top rank

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• knife attached to the sheath of a sword

noun:

• dragon which has already ascended to the heavens

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• three implements for worship (incense burner, flower vase and candle-stand) - Buddhism term ➜ 香炉・華瓶・燭台

noun:

• report to the throne

noun:

• fifteenth day of the month
• fifteen days

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to mourn over the death of

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role ➜ 主演作品

noun:

• the first sleep (of silkworms)

expression:

• just off the press

expression:

• make hay while the sun shines - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• beginning of the year

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar