noun:

• Land of the Rising Sun ➜ 日出ずる国

noun:

• degree of association; relevance ratio

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~と adverb:

• (wet) cough; (sound of) coughing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• holy of holies; sanctum sanctorum

noun:

• pinna (of the ear); auricle - Anatomy term

noun:

• thin strip of bamboo ➜ 籤【ひご】

noun:

• Declaration of Independence (the document) ➜ 独立宣言【どくりつせんげん】

noun:

• interviewee; subject of an interview

noun:

• seven styles of tea ceremonies

noun:

• magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

noun:

• press corps; group of reporters

noun:

• Zygnematophyceae (class of green algae)

noun:

• morning of the New Year ➜ 元朝【がんちょう】

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• immediate follower (of the shogun) - obscure term ➜ 直参【じきさん】

noun:

• gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee - Medicine term

noun:

• theatre of the absurd (theater)

expression:

• remote; out-of-the-way

expression / adjective:

• remote; out-of-the-way ➜ 鳥も通わぬ【とりもかよわぬ】

noun:

• shame and hatred of evil

noun:

• shape of one's head - archaism

noun:

• small plank; piece of wood

noun:

• alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)

noun:

• thicket; bush; clump of bushes

noun:

• flowers of the season