noun / ~する noun:

• loss of blood

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in the average age of marriage

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

noun:

• great diversity of form - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have nerves of steel

noun:

• the (deceased) father of the current emperor

noun:

• standard tables of food composition in Japan

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】

noun:

• Ministry of Defense (formerly Japan Defense Agency)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• the husband of one's elder sister

adjective:

• stinking of urine
• childish; immature; inexperienced

noun:

• amount of tax due

noun:

• policy of reconciliation - four character idiom

noun:

• first segment of a chicken's wing; drumette ➜ 手羽先

noun:

• ancestor of a feudal lord - archaism

noun:

• springtime repairing of fences after winter damage - obscure term

noun:

• haircut of uniform length - abbreviation ➜ ワンレングス

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• death of a Christian (in Catholicism) ➜ 召天

expression:

• current of the times

noun:

• testimony of a witness

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries
• horse led by a rope

noun:

• preliminary control of lights