noun:

• each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat - four character idiom ➜ 割り勘

noun:

• licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

noun:

• the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers) ➜ 陽明学

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb

noun:

• flair; flash
• insight
• waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• puppeteer; puppet player
• wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes ［かいらいし］

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming

noun:

• unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses
• reclining dragon

noun / ~の noun:

• heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism ➜ 背日性

noun / ~の noun:

• deformity; distortion; disability; cripple - sensitive
• word written at the end of a letter

noun:

• woman textile worker
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星・ベガ

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

noun:

• musical instrument; music
• accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• Sphyrnidae; family containing the nine known species of hammerhead sharks

noun:

• letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section
• space for correspondence, messages, etc.

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker, i. e., kore, koko, kochira) - Linguistics term

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae ［しょくじょ］ - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• dancing girl (end of the Heian period) - archaism
• prostitute
• tempo in gagaku ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors