noun:

• men who have slept with the same woman; hole brothers [literal] - vulgar - slang ➜ 竿姉妹

noun:

• 49th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn to the right ➜ 折れる【おれる】

noun:

• age of the moon; number of days since the new moon
• age in months (esp. of an infant)

noun / ~する noun:

• caring for the sick; taking care of oneself

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

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:

• three-tiered court system; principle of a three-instance trial process

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:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• establishing the identity of a defendant

noun:

• three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)