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- 彰義隊【しょうぎたい】
noun:
- Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争
- 無射【ぶえき・むえき】
noun:
- (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律
- ninth month of the lunar calendar
- 衛士【えじ・えいし】
noun:
- soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
- term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
- guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there
- 隣の芝は青い【となりのしばはあおい】
expression:
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb ➜ 隣の芝生は青い
- しゃち《鯱》シャチ
noun:
- orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
- mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) [しゃち] - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】
- 道学【どうがく】
noun:
- ethics; moral philosophy
- (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism)
- (the study of) Taoism
- Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 石門心学
- 袖下【そでした】
noun:
- bottom of the sleeve - archaism
- height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
- secret; secret bribe ➜ 袖の下
- 盈虚【えいきょ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon - Astronomy term ➜ 盈虧
- rising and falling (of fortune)
- 今を生きる【いまをいきる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
- 不易流行【ふえきりゅうこう】
expression:
- the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom
- 清水の舞台から飛び降りる【きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる】清水の舞台から飛び下りる・清水の舞台から飛びおりる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom
- 隣の芝生は青い【となりのしばふはあおい】となりの芝生は青い
expression:
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb
- 上意下達【じょういかたつ・じょういげだつirr.】
noun / ~の noun:
- conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom
- 掌骨【しょうこつ】
noun / ~の noun:
- bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨
- 六公四民【ろくこうよんみん】
noun:
- land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent) - four character idiom
- 誕生仏【たんじょうぶつ】
noun:
- statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth) - Buddhism term
- 直下☆【ちょっか】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:
- directly under
noun / ~する noun:
- falling perpendicularly
ほぼ赤道直下にあるシンガポールでは、雨季・乾季があまり明瞭ではない。 In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.
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