noun:

• enlightenment movement; the Enlightenment

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

noun / expression:

• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"

noun:

• ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun:

• chrysanthemum sake; rice wine infused with chrysanthemum, served on the Chrysanthemum Festival (September 9th, 9/9) - Food term ➜ 重陽
• strong mirin, typical of Kaga and Higo provinces - Food term ➜ 味醂【みりん】

noun:

• Rustication Movement; movement in China in 1957 to get people to move to the countryside

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn everything into a joke; to continue joking to the last

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death ➜ 雪の果て【ゆきのはて】

expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

godan ~く verb:

• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full

noun:

• Asian stubtail (bird), Urosphena squameiceps; family of birds (stubtails), Urosphena, including the Asian stubtail, the Timor stubtail, etc.

noun:

• strutting; sticking out the chest

noun:

• doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus, was Parupeneus bifasciatus); Indian Ocean member of the Parupeneus trifasciatus complex

noun:

• nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power - derogatory term

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• Gomphosus; genus of marine wrasse in the family Labridae

noun:

• Varanus; genus of carnivorous monitor lizards in the family Varanidae

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean