noun:

• Emperor's cup; trophy given by the Emperor

noun:

• 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day - four character idiom

noun:

• key point; the key

noun:

• top ten; the ten best - From English "best ten"

noun / ~する noun:

• on air; on the air

noun:

• blouson; jacket gathered at the waist - From French

noun:

• eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ スターティングメンバー

noun:

• inner moat; moat within the castle walls

noun / ~する noun:

• dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

noun:

• red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde

noun:

• otitis media; inflammation of the middle ear

noun / ~の noun:

• line-spacing in text; "between the lines" [figurative] ➜ 行間を読む

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take along; to hold in the hand
• to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist) ➜ 下げる【さげる】

noun:

• male and female (animals); the two sexes
• victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• hot-spring cure; taking the baths

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• some time ago; the other day

noun:

• layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
• local manners; modern customs

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• common; popular
• vulgar; low Antonym: 雅【が】

noun:

• macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos ➜ 小宇宙

noun:

• castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

noun:

• third in rank; third sign of the Chinese calendar

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

noun:

• unaccounted; off the books

noun:

• loyalty; the loyal dead

noun:

• one's remaining years; the rest of one's life