noun:

• the exact sciences

noun:

• the start of a climb up a hill

noun:

• twelfth day of the month
• twelve days

noun:

• the world; the universe - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole nation; all the people

noun:

• outside the rankings - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work

noun:

• inflow of the tide

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents) - archaism

noun:

• the US armed forces

noun:

• the military and civilians

expression / ~よい adjective:

• what's the best thing to do?

noun:

• the Encyclopedists

noun / ~する noun:

• tea offering to the gods

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• the Wakatake Variety Theater

noun:

• purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar - archaism

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)