expression:

• a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb

noun:

• type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.

noun:

• secret of nature; profound secret
• disposition; character; nature
• emperor's health; emperor's well-being

noun:

• senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• mastery of the air

noun:

• number of soldiers

expression / noun:

• scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun:

• stripping of honours (as a means of punishment); stripping of rights; public humiliation

noun:

• indigo wax shaped as an inkstick ➜ 藍蝋

noun:

• conservation of resources

noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

expression:

• each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

noun:

• width of a road

expression / noun:

• just out of the bath

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

noun:

• number of ways

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to form an alliance

noun:

• holy of holies; sanctum sanctorum

noun:

• right of preoccupancy

noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces - four character idiom ➜ 亀甲獣骨文字

noun:

• moment of inertia

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

noun:

• declaration of independence