noun:

• guardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest

noun:

• clerk of court

noun:

• program of a ceremony; programme of a ceremony

noun:

• chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous) - colloquialism ➜ 麝香揚羽【じゃこうあげは】

noun:

• out-of-print record (vinyl, CD)

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun:

• restoration of public order

noun / ~の noun:

• inventory of property

noun:

• proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained ➜ 拘束名簿式比例代表制

noun:

• location famous for production of something (usually food)

noun:

• humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)

noun:

• Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

noun:

• any fish of family Merlucciidae (which includes the hakes) - From Spanish "merluza"

noun:

• art of sword drawing ➜ 居合い

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

expression:

• of all things

expression:

• of all places

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun:

• period of separation; time living apart

noun:

• department of science and technology

noun:

• registration of transfer of shares; entry of a change of holders in the register of shareholders

noun:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

suffix:

• perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime