noun:

• the southern polar stars - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to ask the way

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

expression:

• at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose

noun:

• workers on the job

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

noun:

• nineteenth day of the month
• nineteen days
• fool; simpleton - slang - archaism

noun:

• First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ➜ 東証一部

noun:

• United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

expression / noun:

• restructuring of the financial industry; reorganization of financial systems

noun:

• the wherewithal; means; the money (needed to do something)

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

noun:

• the empty nature of all things - Buddhism term

noun:

• the hairline

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

expression / noun:

• the Last Supper

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

noun:

• the universe; the cosmos

noun:

• lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

noun:

• ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank - Sumo term

noun:

• all the daimyos

noun / ~の noun:

• place near the beach; place near the shore