noun:

• littering, esp. such things as empty cans, cigarette butts, dog faeces, etc. along roads, in parks, etc.; careless tossing away

noun:

• the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

prefix:

• hexagonal

noun:

• the remainder of one's life - archaism

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• in high spirits - four character idiom

expression:

• for the general public

adjectival noun / noun:

• the common run of people

noun:

• referee officiating the second highest division - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• wings of the nose (i.e. nostril)

noun:

• the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect - obscure term

expression:

• Rome was not built in a day - proverb

noun:

• allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable - Sumo term

noun:

• sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

noun:

• extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】

noun:

• assistance from the gods

noun:

• the heavenly eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• rolling back one's eyes during convulsions ［てんがん］ - obscure term

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly ➜ 甲羅干し

noun:

• udon cooked in a broth containing miso paste

noun / ~する noun:

• spending unreasonably on in-game purchases - slang

noun:

• Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• tip (end) of the nose

noun:

• pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody - four character idiom