noun:

• thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk

noun:

• 51st of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in the average age of marriage

noun:

• height from the ground to a building's eaves

noun:

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

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• koi carp caught during the cold season ➜ 鯉

noun:

• the (deceased) father of the current emperor

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• the original

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to punish the wicked

noun:

• the husband of one's elder sister

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

expression:

• current of the times

expression:

• in the same way as; just like

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• right in the midst of; right at the height of

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• cooperation between the private and public sectors

noun:

• the papacy

noun / ~する noun:

• the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language