noun:

• inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language

noun:

• wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing

noun:

• war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

noun:

• Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 私地私民

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) - abbreviation ➜ 大学入学資格検定

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• bright (esp. of the moon)
• broad and empty ［こうこう］

noun:

• style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)

noun:

• Squamata (order of scaled reptiles, sometimes esp. the Sauria or Lacertilia) ➜ 有鱗類