noun:

• dying of the little twigs and branches

noun:

• the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom

noun:

• feudal system of the shogunate and domains

noun:

• rice and salt; the necessities of life

noun:

• corporate patronage of the arts and culture - From French "mécénat"

noun:

• ceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms - Sumo term

noun:

• the harmony of yin and yang energies - four character idiom

noun:

• blending of the classical and colloquial styles - four character idiom

noun:

• in and around the city of Kyoto - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• (the impression of being) soft and flexible - onomatopoeia

noun:

• blogosphere (the world of blogs and bloggers)

noun:

• bones of the upper and lower leg - obscure term

noun:

• remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha

noun:

• classification of the sutras and their teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• last and first days of the month - archaism

noun:

• waning and waxing (usu. of the moon) ➜ 盈虧【えいき】

noun:

• whereabouts; present location

noun:

• location cursor - IT term

noun:

• location for closing party ➜ 打ち上げ会

noun:

• movie set; filming location

expression:

• on location

noun:

• ruby - esp. ルビー
• ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
• Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun:

• mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact - four character idiom

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb