noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• act of war; hostile act

noun:

• Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

noun:

• run-of-the-mine coal

noun:

• bowl of rice

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on ➜ 主眼

noun:

• wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)

ichidan verb:

• to go out of turn; to butt in

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun:

• dislike of China; hatred of China

noun:

• book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures

noun:

• principle (or ideology) of international cooperation

expression / noun:

• veil of darkness; curtain of night - idiom

noun:

• forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce - four character idiom

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• board of directors

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 心学

noun:

• a face of (feigned) innocence ➜ 恍け

noun:

• amount of a donation

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

noun:

• pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
• adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana