expression / godan ~る verb:

• to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

noun:

• strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate

noun:

• Panamax (maximum size of ship that can pass through the Panama Canal)

noun:

• game or series of games between the first and second place teams - Sports term

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense - usu. used adjectivally as 浮世離れした

noun:

• slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo - Sumo term

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

noun:

• the selling of waste land (worthless property) by unscrupulous real-estate developers - four character idiom

expression:

• At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• to have the memory of having done something oneself (subordinate phrase) ➜ 身に覚えがある

noun:

• Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28)

noun:

• Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)

noun:

• Kōwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28)

noun:

• Genchū era (of the Southern Court) (1384.4.28-1392.10.5)

noun:

• Kōei era (of the Northern Court) (1342.4.27-1345.10.21)

noun:

• Kōan era (of the Northern Court) (1361.3.29-1362.9.23)

noun:

• Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)

noun:

• Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court) (1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

noun:

• Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)