noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression:

• wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else - proverb

noun:

• (written) treatment of current events

noun:

• native of Osaka ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• reading and meaning of a kanji

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事

expression / noun:

• passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

noun:

• system of government; government structure

noun:

• Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

noun:

• draft of a poem

noun:

• figure of speech ➜ 修辞技法

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

noun:

• Department of Education

expression:

• man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• silent reading of sutra ➜ 読経

noun:

• noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter

noun:

• kami of the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野三社

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

noun:

• concept car

noun:

• losing weight and becoming bony because of grief - four character idiom

noun:

• the sound of waves

noun:

• violations of special law

noun:

• crown of a tooth

counter:

• counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸