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 / ~する noun:

• treating (someone) like an object

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)

noun:

• commentaries of the ancients

noun:

• Mantra of Light - Buddhism term

noun:

• American of Japanese descent

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• the philosophy of the European Enlightenment

noun:

• (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shade an account; to add something extra

adjectival noun:

• of great promise; with a promising future

noun:

• court of inquiry; court of enquiry

noun:

• saving from the brink of death

noun / ~する noun:

• intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha