expression / noun:

• vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

noun:

• regaining the lead; turning the tables (again); second reversal

expression:

• the 8th month has the least work for farmers

noun:

• Diet session up to the creation of the budget

noun:

• shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead - Shintō term

noun:

• the part of a province closest to the capital - archaism ➜ 道の後・道の中

noun:

• the part of a province midway from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の後

adverb:

• impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib

expression:

• the mediocre have no right to criticize the great - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

expression / noun:

• society; the world; the times

noun / ~の noun:

• generation; the world; the age

prefix:

• the same; the said; ibid.

noun:

• the staff; inside the department

noun:

• the street; the town

noun:

• the sovereignty of the people

noun:

• the world of the haiku

noun:

• The Tale of the Heike

noun:

• above the clouds; the heavens

noun:

• the feelings of the people

noun:

• the stage; the theatrical world

noun:

• the field; the parade ground

noun:

• the whole world; the universe - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• the good and the beautiful

noun:

• the Almighty; The Omnipotent One