noun:

• sound of the wind ➜ 風の音

noun:

• lining at the bottom of a kimono

noun:

• yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail - regarded as delicious because of its higher fat content

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

noun:

• wise men of the past

noun:

• the newspaper industry

noun:

• refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon - four character idiom

noun:

• building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground

noun:

• one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) ➜ 偏諱を賜う

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

noun:

• dance for the stage

noun:

• establishing the identity of a defendant

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the ayes and noes

noun:

• land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent - four character idiom

noun:

• notation system for the sanshin - Music term ➜ 三線【さんしん】

noun:

• in the dark

noun / ~の noun:

• meeting for the first time; first meeting

noun:

• resolution authorizing the use of force

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th) ➜ 七十二候

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to try out the food at various restaurants - colloquialism ➜ 食べ歩き

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

noun:

• folding bench at the front of traditional townhouses ➜ 町家【まちや】