noun:

• constant stream of traffic; incessant traffic

noun:

• battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
• fireman's standard (Edo period)

noun:

• real rate of interest

noun:

• Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

noun:

• conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location

noun:

• belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

noun:

• shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan - Martial Arts term

noun:

• a crown of thorns

noun:

• demon of aggregates (who causes many kinds of suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun:

• age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ... - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese sweets made of bean paste

noun:

• dynamics of international (foreign) relations - four character idiom

noun:

• chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

noun:

• row of a matrix

noun:

• dish of spicy boiled pork, usu. served with slices of cucumber - Food term - From Chinese "yún bái ròu"

noun:

• doyen of the diplomatic corps

noun:

• world of ikebana; ikebana circles ➜ 生け花

noun:

• speed of light

noun:

• the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom

noun:

• syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

noun:

• sound of vibrating bowstring

noun:

• neurotic fear of returning home after work; nostophobia

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)