expression / noun:

• ray of hope; glimmer of hope

noun:

• crest of dam; top of dam

noun / ~する noun:

• imputation of responsibility; attribution of responsibility - Law term

noun:

• reconciliation of interests; settlement of interests

noun:

• certificate of sale; deed of sale - archaism

noun:

• plane of polarisation; plane of polarization

noun:

• law of thermodynamics; laws of thermodynamics - Physics term ➜ 熱力学の法則【ねつりきがくのほうそく】

expression / noun:

• law of superposition; principle of superposition - Geology term

expression / noun:

• sea of fire; sea of flame

noun:

• age of majority; age of adulthood

noun:

• dislike of China; hatred of China

noun:

• date of manufacture; day of manufacture

adverb:

• after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ

noun:

• end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局

noun:

• top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

noun:

• nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)

expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
• (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom

noun:

• mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman
• influential person; person of influence
• eloquence; eloquent person - archaism
• way of speaking - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom

noun:

• cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar ➜ 法華八講

noun:

• inn; tavern; hatago; Edo period lodging for travellers ➜ 旅籠屋
• basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies
• basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder - orig. meaning

noun / ~の noun:

• settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)

noun:

• guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor