noun:

• frequency of use

noun:

• Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu - sensitive

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

noun:

• enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine

noun:

• shape of a tree

noun:

• four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic

noun:

• worship or admiration of Western cultures

noun / ~する noun:

• introduction of poems at a poetry party

noun:

• book of seals

noun:

• letter of divorce

noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• sweet paste of white beans and miso

noun:

• out of the range of communication

noun:

• cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge ➜ 枢【くるる】
• door

noun:

• brunt of attack or argument

noun:

• standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• separation of church and state - four character idiom

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

noun:

• loss of appetite; reduction in appetite; anorexia

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character

noun:

• paradox of savings

noun:

• book of registration; text of a play