noun:

• suppression of bandits

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

noun:

• people of Hokkaido

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• bowl of rice topped with sea urchin

noun:

• sense of justice

noun:

• Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

noun:

• start of heading; start of header; SOH - IT term

noun:

• high prices of commodities

noun:

• the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩魔・陰魔・死魔・天魔

noun:

• chance of precipitation; chance of rain

noun:

• study of the calendar; way of the calendar - archaism ➜ 暦学

noun:

• ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

noun:

• registered mail for the purpose of sending money

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• sharp taste of (refined) salt

noun:

• determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)

noun:

• system of self-management; honour system

adjective:

• reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

noun / ~の noun:

• right-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre) - four character idiom

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

noun:

• acquisition of a qualification

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

expression / noun:

• young lover of an older woman