noun:

• anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

noun:

• fall of a wall - e.g. ベルリンの壁崩壊

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed - idiom ➜ 楽髪

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun:

• facial expression of feigned ignorance

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

noun:

• long spell of rain - obsolete term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to smile a smile of satisfaction

noun:

• amount of snowfall; snow accumulation

noun:

• fat under-belly of tuna (considered high-quality)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question ➜ 問い質す

noun:

• sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants ➜ 稲束

noun:

• circumference of the navel; treasure trail; sagittal hair

noun:

• type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats

noun:

• inside of a helmet; hidden circumstances

noun:

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

noun:

• The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

noun:

• Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.

noun / ~する noun:

• actually tasting a food that one has heard of before

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• bundle of hair; hair tuft

noun:

• textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook