expression / noun:

• apple of one's eye ➜ 掌の玉

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound ➜ モノルビ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to assume an air of importance; to stand on one's dignity

godan ~む verb:

• to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

noun:

• dissolution of zaibatsu ➜ 財閥

noun:

• way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique - Sports term

noun:

• highest institute of education

noun:

• the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• sword of Damocles

noun:

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

noun:

• spray of snow (smoke-like)

noun:

• form of a retreating person's body

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a state of intense concentration - Buddhism term ➜ 出定
• death (of a high monk, etc.)

noun:

• contemplation of phenomena - Buddhism term ➜ 理觀

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

noun:

• triangular pattern of objects - from the shape of 品

noun:

• infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.

noun:

• recommendation of an influential person

noun:

• number of batters already out - Baseball term - From English "out count"

noun:

• point of production; production site; shop floor

noun:

• Master of Arts; MA

noun:

• treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

noun:

• international law in time of war

noun:

• citing or naming a variety of flowers
• multi-flowered design