noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see

expression / noun:

• the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

noun:

• circumference of the navel; treasure trail; sagittal hair

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

noun:

• doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.) - polite language ➜ 初【はつ】
• new item; first crop of the season

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun / ~する noun:

• admission to the courtroom

noun:

• spiritual protection of the state - Buddhism term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• tax withholding at the source

noun:

• root of the nose

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to count on someone as the only support

noun:

• song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians) ➜ 鳥追い【とりおい】・門付歌

noun:

• phalanx (phalange) of the hand
• phalanx (phalange) of the foot ➜ 趾骨

noun:

• one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours) ➜ 五更

noun:

• kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・唐音【とうおん】

noun:

• Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• the Northern Territories

noun:

• in the fog