noun:

• Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the Ryukyuan King ➜ 慶賀使

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become damp; to become moist; to become wet
• to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits; to feel depressed ［しめる］ - often as 湿って or 湿った

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• expiration of term of a vow - Buddhism term

noun:

• age of decline (of a nation)

noun:

• angle of recess (of a gear)

noun:

• arc of recess (of a gear)

noun:

• title (of a work of art)

noun:

• expiration of a term of service ➜ 年季明け【ねんきあけ】

noun:

• expiration of a term of service ➜ 年明け【ねんあけ】

noun:

• declaration of a state of emergency

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

noun:

• Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince

adverb / ~の noun:

• behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

noun:

• the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

noun:

• this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted
• to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to move back; to retreat
• to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
• to resign; to retire; to quit
• to concede