noun:

• working within the imperial court; being under government employ Antonym: 在野

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

noun:

• mead; honey wine; ambrosia; nectar of the gods

noun:

• Pieris japonica; Hime Lily of the valley bush; andromeda

noun:

• Pieris japonica; fukurin; Lily of the valley bush; andromeda

expression:

• an eye for people; the ability to judge character

noun:

• Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) ➜ 中国国民党

expression:

• wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

expression:

• no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb

noun:

• cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains

noun:

• writing style in the manner of an imperial edict

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drenched (from the rain, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity) - archaism

noun:

• Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• second adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony) ➜ 後炭

noun:

• first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)

noun:

• rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

noun / ~の noun:

• under-the-table

noun:

• fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP

adverb:

• (after) bouncing around from one place to the next

noun:

• iron arrow-head (from the Yayoi and Kofun periods)

noun:

• parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life) - Buddhism term

noun:

• circular stone or jasper ornament from the Kofun era

expression / adverb:

• anywhere; here and there

expression / ~の noun:

• common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary