noun / ~する noun:

• emperor's return to the imperial palace Antonym: 出御

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• Japanese curry with an additional topping (e.g. shredded beef, hayashi-rice sauce, etc.)

noun:

• four-in-hand (type of necktie)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to mount the platform

noun:

• the seniority system

noun:

• (crime of) assembling with dangerous weapons

noun:

• direct marketing

adverb:

• all the more

noun:

• common first-stage (university entrance) examination

expression / ichidan verb:

• to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes - idiom ➜ 目からウロコの落ちる

noun:

• pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
• adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be on the right track; to be close enough - colloquialism ➜ いい線を行く

noun:

• common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon

noun:

• highest ranking prostitute in Yoshiwara (from the Houreki era onward) ➜ 宝暦【ほうれき】

noun:

• cross in a circle

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

noun / ~する noun:

• reporting to the emperor ➜ 奏上

noun:

• the great evil god ➜ 禍津日神

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole village
• all the villages (in an area)

noun / ~する noun:

• memorial to the throne

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe) - Buddhism term ➜ 四劫

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game