noun:

• loss of citizenship; denaturalization; expatriation

noun:

• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

noun:

• Shiranui style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• opening of a ceremony

noun:

• moment of force

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to hear of; to learn of

noun:

• means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication

noun:

• mouth of a chicken ➜ 牛後

noun:

• belly of a pregnant woman - slang ➜ ボテボテ

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• crime of rioting

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• wishes of happiness - humble language

adjective:

• smelling of incense; overly pious

noun:

• foyer (lobby, lounge) of theatre, hotel, etc. ➜ ロビー

noun:

• four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) - obscure term ➜ 四衆

noun:

• reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree - Shintō term

noun:

• sound of a horn announcing daybreak - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• this academic subject or field of study; Confucian studies

noun:

• work of art; artwork; objet d'art

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

noun:

• angle of rotation

noun:

• government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself