noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• the remaining bandits

noun:

• common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)

noun:

• operated by the government

noun:

• hanging scroll in a tea-ceremony room

noun:

• the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) ➜ 東海道【とうかいどう】・中山道【なかせんどう】

noun:

• power of the state

noun / ~する noun:

• reproducing in large numbers; multiplying

noun:

• the nebular hypothesis ➜ カントラプラスの星雲説

noun:

• Japan and the Philippines

noun:

• the modern era; present day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)

noun:

• writing style used to write the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• life as evanescent as the dew

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice

noun:

• The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi ➜ 五経

noun:

• land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

expression:

• unparalleled in history - four character idiom

noun:

• reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances - Law term

noun:

• The Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939-1940)

noun:

• place where raindrops fall from the eaves ➜ 雨落ち

noun:

• member of the Lower House

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to appear the same; to be like; to seem to be; to be similar to