noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• obstruction of proceedings; filibuster

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

noun:

• time of death

noun:

• poem written by the Emperor or a member of the imperial family

noun:

• tall headed god of happiness, wealth, and long life

noun:

• Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

noun:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking - four character idiom

noun:

• flag raised as a sign for an izakaya

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• number of digits or characters

noun:

• share of expenses; contribution

noun:

• world of the theater (theatre)

noun:

• proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• putrid smell of a corpse

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 清一色

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

expression:

• indicates patient of a causative expression ➜ して

noun:

• game of chance - slang - abbreviation

noun / ~の noun:

• the greatest of the day - four character idiom

noun:

• type of flat knot used in nets

noun:

• metal bars of a face guard (kendo)

noun:

• signs of rain; threatening to rain

adjectival noun / noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set