noun:

• western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live) ➜ 江戸城

noun:

• selflessness; selfless devotion to the service of others

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own

noun:

• pulmonary infiltration; infiltration of the lungs

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun:

• Lethenteron; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• Brexit; withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom

noun:

• visitor's gallery; seats for the public

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to surface; to come to the top
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

noun:

• guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

noun:

• threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道

noun:

• la; 6th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb

noun:

• Ascension Day; Feast of the Ascension

noun:

• mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conclude a dance; to dance the last dance

noun:

• Papio; genus comprising the baboons

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom