noun:

• God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

noun:

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

noun:

• posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

noun:

• Minister of Construction

noun:

• inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom

noun:

• name of a famous Buddhist nun

noun:

• end-of-year settling of accounts

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• place of death

noun:

• study of psychic phenomena; psychics

noun:

• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT - abbreviation ➜ 文部科学省

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

noun:

• lack of blood flow; poor circulation

noun:

• Distributed Denial of Service attacks - IT term

noun:

• purge of public officials

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression:

• wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else - proverb

noun:

• (written) treatment of current events

noun:

• native of Osaka ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• reading and meaning of a kanji

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事

expression / noun:

• passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons