noun:

• this art or field of study

noun:

• university of arts; arts college - abbreviation ➜ 芸術大学

noun:

• director of the Dazaifu ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact - four character idiom

noun:

• stump of a pencil or brush ➜ 掠り筆

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy - four character idiom

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• complete set of household goods - four character idiom

noun:

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry ➜ 経済産業大臣

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - archaism ➜ 唐楽

noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of energy (drive, motivation, vitality) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

noun:

• seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west) ➜ 九星

noun:

• incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice

noun:

• obstruction of justice

noun:

• grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants) ➜ 白【しろ】・ころころ

noun:

• words and deeds of the people of yore - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• blow striking with the flat of the sword
• to slap ➜ 平手打ち
• metal flattened by striking
• tape; flat braid
• type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers ➜ 簪

noun:

• act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻