noun:

• being fond of children; person fond of children

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• time of delivery (of a child)

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents) - archaism

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

noun:

• flowers of sulfur; flowers of sulphur

noun:

• fallacy of composition

noun:

• canon of Scripture

noun:

• tincture of cinchona

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy

noun:

• man of affairs

noun:

• blood of Christ

noun:

• opening of a hot spring or bath house

noun:

• right of asylum

noun:

• (ornamental) tip of a scabbard ［鐺・璫・小尻］
• bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever ［鐺・璫・木尻］

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying on a second line of work

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China - four character idiom

noun:

• transfer of tax revenue sources (e.g. to local governments)

noun:

• sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the third month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling); joint of meat

noun:

• var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood ➜ 奉書