noun:

• hot summer air - obscure term

noun:

• (member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• consultation on career, university, etc. choices

godan ~む verb:

• to carry on one's back
• to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family

noun:

• 57th of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• certification of information recorded on foreign resident registration file

noun:

• history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, written in 1743-1745
• Ryukyu islands - alt. name

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

noun:

• the Marshall Islands

noun:

• Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

expression:

• the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie - proverb

noun:

• rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)

adverb / ~の noun:

• on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

noun:

• eighteenth day of the month
• eighteen days

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 参院予算委員会

noun:

• rear part of the tongue

expression:

• gap in the law

expression:

• In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)

noun:

• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

expression:

• no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb

noun:

• justifiable cause for noncompliance with the law