noun:

• the sugar industry

noun:

• stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people - four character idiom

noun:

• the husband of one's younger sister

noun:

• the Western Front

noun:

• refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month ➜ 田遊び

noun:

• the force (in Star Wars) ➜ フォース

noun:

• ceremony celebrating the formation of an organization (organisation)

noun:

• instruction in the ways of love - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to follow the sense; to understand the meaning of

noun:

• the plastic arts

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

noun:

• the government; Administration

noun:

• rays of the rising sun

noun:

• The Four Noble Truths (of Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 苦集滅道

noun:

• affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

godan ~す verb:

• to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)

noun:

• benevolent deities who protect the dharma - Buddhism term

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun:

• bang on the money; spot on; right answer ➜ 正解【せいかい】

noun:

• citizen of the capital

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

expression:

• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb