noun:

• the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

expression:

• Life and death are the two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

noun:

• the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass - four character idiom

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

expression:

• the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie - proverb

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"

noun:

• groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade

noun:

• cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies) ➜ 飛螻蛄

noun:

• secret or hidden place
• female genitalia - euph.
• the underworld; the other world

noun:

• moon-viewing on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month - archaism ➜ 後の月【のちのつき】

noun:

• Myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper) - Buddhism term

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• night before the full moon; 14th day of the lunar calendar ➜ 望月

noun:

• faint reflection of light upon the water in the dark

noun:

• sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard

noun:

• public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system)

noun:

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

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根も乾かぬうち【したのねもかわかぬうち】

expression / adverb:

• in the same breath; hardly had the words been said ➜ 舌の根の乾かぬうち【したのねのかわかぬうち】

noun:

• hotel in the center of the city - From English "city hotel"

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

noun:

• The Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939-1940)

noun:

• The Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union 1941-1944)