noun:

• historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

noun:

• Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)

noun:

• philosophy of mathematics; mathematical philosophy

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation

noun:

• Ottoman constitution of 1876

noun:

• the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

noun:

• wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

noun:

• maintenance of territorial integrity

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

noun:

• obligation of restitution

expression / adjective:

• of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless - idiom

noun:

• edge of a gabled roof; verge - Architecture term

noun:

• Unryu style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• member of the House of Councillors

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• reverse side of a paper
• reading between the lines - abbreviation ➜ 眼光紙背【がんこうしはい】

noun:

• degree of difficulty

ichidan verb:

• to be made much of; to be lionized; to be sought after

noun:

• sphere of influence - four character idiom