expression:

• cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)

noun:

• Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)

noun:

• high waves which rise during the dog days of summer

noun:

• half the face ➜ 半面【はんめん】

expression:

• having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

noun:

• the feelings of the people

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to base something on; to make something the basis

noun:

• Order of the Precious Crown, Peony

noun:

• master of the priests quarters

noun:

• cards on the board

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the service of; serving at; holding office

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "zu"; "za" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese - From Portuguese "calção" ➜ 袴

noun:

• the same handwriting

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists ➜ 理系女子

noun:

• surface-to-air missile; SAM

noun:

• accepting (acknowledging) the reality - four character idiom

noun:

• stationed or resident in the UK

suffix / ~の noun:

• based on; originating from

expression / noun:

• tragedy of the commons - Economics term ➜ 共有地の悲劇

noun:

• Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)

noun:

• beginning of the world

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• essay on tanka poetry