noun:

• Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court) (1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

noun:

• Shitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1384.2.27-1387.8.23)

noun:

• Kōō era (of the Northern Court) (1389.2.9-1390.3.26)

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 逢う魔が時

noun:

• rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus

noun:

• usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem on kimono, yukata, etc.

noun:

• posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime) ➜ 贈り名

noun:

• fashionable hairstyle, particularly to attract members of the opposite sex

adverb / ~する noun:

• shrill whistling sound - onomatopoeia
• reddening or brightening slightly
• rush of blood to the head

expression / ichidan verb:

• to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

noun:

• thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward) - Sumo term

noun:

• wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

noun:

• woman who is obsessed with the education of her children

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

noun:

• The Big Apple (nickname for New York City)

prefix:

• indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

noun:

• sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Mar. 20, 1995)

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust) ➜ 精霊飛蝗

noun:

• larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish) - sometimes read ごんどうくじら - obscure term ➜ 巨頭鯨