noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint

noun:

• Department of Divinities (1868-1871) ［じんぎかん］ - obsolete term
• Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent (esp. of the passing of the night)
• piercing (cold) ［しんしん］

noun:

• drumming at the end of the day of wrestling inviting spectators to return tomorrow - Sumo term

noun:

• red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of) - four character idiom

noun:

• separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period) - four character idiom ➜ 神仏習合

noun:

• red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature - four character idiom

noun:

• drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP

noun:

• Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951) ➜ 対日講和条約

noun:

• Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)

expression / adjective:

• to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

noun:

• alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun / ~の noun:

• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

• final call; call of fate; approach of death

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

expression / noun:

• humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace - proverb ➜ 会稽の恥を雪ぐ【かいけいのはじをすすぐ】

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites; cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc.