noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音

noun / ~する noun:

• rumbling and shaking of the earth - four character idiom

noun:

• common variety of women's kimono sash

noun:

• revaluation of assets

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to plot an assassination

noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

noun:

• Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links - Buddhism term

noun:

• matter of chance; person easily elated

noun:

• law of causality

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• god of fortune

noun / ~する noun:

• separation of worship; movement of an enshrined deity to another shrine

noun:

• junior board of directors - abbreviation

noun:

• Ministry of Justice (Tang-dynasty China) ➜ 六部【りくぶ】

noun:

• dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition

noun:

• water of crystallization; crystallization water

adjectival noun / noun:

• look of triumph

noun:

• top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar ➜ 肩先

noun:

• quarterfinal game of a tournament

noun:

• administration of an estate

noun:

• the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s - four character idiom

noun:

• style of jōruri narrative performance ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• the end of the Cold War