noun:

• obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears - esp. 初, 初心

prefix noun:

• birth- - 産, 生

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

noun:

• the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment - four character idiom

noun:

• extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night) - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

noun:

• safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

noun:

• perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness) - four character idiom

noun:

• high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature - four character idiom
• beautifully (skillfully) played music

noun:

• being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist government - four character idiom

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• confusing people
• magic
• ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

noun:

• ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

noun:

• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store

expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm

noun / ~する noun:

• wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

noun:

• having the penis hang out (e.g. no trousers or pants) - also written 振りチン, etc. - slang - vulgar

noun:

• shell-matching game popular with court aristocrats during the Heian period
• tribadism - colloquialism - vulgar

noun:

• infectious disease originating overseas entering the country through an infected traveller or goods