noun:

• the edge at the very tip of a sword

noun:

• expounding the teachings of Buddha; spinning the dharma wheel [literal] ➜ 法輪

noun:

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - obscure term ➜ 国連海洋法条約

noun:

• earthly branches (the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac) ➜ 十二支

noun:

• director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 国司・長官【かみ】

noun:

• the whole village
• all the villages (in an area)

noun:

• part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

expression:

• first day of the cock in the eleventh month

expression / noun:

• vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

noun:

• regaining the lead; turning the tables (again); second reversal

expression:

• the 8th month has the least work for farmers

noun:

• Diet session up to the creation of the budget

noun:

• shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead - Shintō term

noun:

• the part of a province closest to the capital - archaism ➜ 道の後・道の中

noun:

• the part of a province midway from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の後

adverb:

• impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib

expression:

• the mediocre have no right to criticize the great - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

expression / noun:

• society; the world; the times

noun / ~の noun:

• generation; the world; the age

prefix:

• the same; the said; ibid.

noun:

• the staff; inside the department

noun:

• the street; the town

noun:

• the sovereignty of the people

noun:

• the world of the haiku