noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• Ogosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

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

noun:

• the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness) - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 五蘊

noun:

• sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

noun:

• haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

noun:

• General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• Lemuriformes; infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)

noun:

• divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)

noun:

• reflation; stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes ➜ リフレーション

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

noun:

• abacus; flat slab forming the top part of the capital of a column - Architecture term - From Greek

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

noun:

• speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date

noun:

• well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
• pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses
• number sign; hash ➜ 番号記号

noun:

• going down the road; travelling; traveling
• lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller)
• eloping

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period)
• various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with