noun:

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

expression:

• whatever misfortune happens; even if spears fall out of the sky [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが【あめがふろうがやりがふろうが】

noun:

• main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound ➜ 朝堂院【ちょうどういん】

noun:

• reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held ➜ 大内裏

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 後宮

noun:

• pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

noun:

• falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down

noun:

• Cardiidae; family of bivalve molluscs comprising the cockles

noun:

• Veneridae; family of bivalve molluscs comprising the Venus clams

noun:

• Naticidae; family of molluscs comprising the moon snails

noun:

• Buccinidae; family of gastropod mollusc comprising the true whelks

noun:

• High Court of Justice (UK); Parlement (France, during the ancien régime) ➜ 最高法院

noun:

• Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)

noun:

• perineum; area between sex organs and the anus ➜ 会陰【えいん】
• very narrow passage

noun:

• sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun:

• Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)

expression:

• last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death ➜ 涅槃会・涅槃雪【ねはんゆき】

noun:

• last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death ➜ 雪の果て【ゆきのはて】

noun:

• business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy

noun:

• wataka (Ischikauia steenackeri) (freshwater fish of the carp family) - 黄鯝魚 is gikun

noun:

• rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 名主【みょうしゅ】

noun:

• power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)

noun:

• Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔