noun:

• beginning of the world

noun:

• a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to come of age ➜ 肩揚げも取れる【かたあげもとれる】

noun:

• forgery of documents

noun:

• (committing, resorting to) an act of violence - four character idiom

noun:

• shining example of a man

noun:

• feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach

noun:

• theory of comparative advantage

noun / adjectival noun:

• lack of religion; irreligion; atheism

expression / adjective:

• of tender years; very young ➜ 年端もいかぬ

noun:

• signs of a cold

adverb / noun:

• sounding of a drum or hand drum; sound of drums - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• full (stomach); bursting - onomatopoeia

particle:

• speaking of - indicates emotional closeness or annoyance with someone - colloquialism
• (I told you) already; come on - indicates annoyance (in sentence-final position) - colloquialism

noun:

• Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing

noun:

• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading ➜ 押しも押されもせぬ

noun:

• rough draft of a book; draft-manuscript book; dummy comic book

noun:

• six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun:

• outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining ➜ 裏地

noun:

• Director General of National Land Agency

noun:

• mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face

noun:

• mound of straw; pile of straw

expression:

• speak of the devil - proverb ➜ 噂をすれば影が射す

noun:

• pupil and (dark) iris of the eye ➜ 白目【しろめ】

~の noun:

• dark-eyed; sloe-eyed

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事