noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

noun:

• deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

noun:

• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

noun:

• Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

noun:

• Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

noun:

• finishing board nailed where the floor boards meet the wall; (similar to) skirting, baseboards

noun:

• government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo - archaism ➜ 令【りょう】・律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion) - from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴 - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩・三毒

noun:

• paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)