noun:

• the six classes of (kanji) characters ［りくしょ・りきしょ］
• Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)

noun:

• younger princess Antonym: 兄姫
• Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime

noun:

• right in the midst of; right at the height of

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

expression / adverb:

• in truth; in actuality; at heart

expression / noun:

• the truth; the real story

noun / ~する noun:

• effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution - four character idiom

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye - idiom

noun:

• Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs) ➜ 弁官

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

noun:

• Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January); one of the 5 seasonal festivals ➜ 五節句

noun:

• coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days)
• the first month of the year; January

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term

noun:

• spirit of a deceased person - honorific language
• the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit ［みたま］ - honorific language ➜ 聖霊

noun:

• blue sky
• skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit - idiom

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term ➜ シリウス

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

noun:

• dismissal of class (at the end of the day) ➜ 放課後
• recess (at school); break - Nagoya dialect

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term ➜ シリウス