noun:

• system of government; government structure

noun:

• Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

noun:

• draft of a poem

noun:

• figure of speech ➜ 修辞技法

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

noun:

• Department of Education

noun:

• regular matches in an official tournament - Sumo term

expression:

• man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• silent reading of sutra ➜ 読経

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to listen to in an ecstasy

noun:

• noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter

noun:

• kami of the three main Kumano shrines ➜ 熊野三社

noun / ~の noun:

• House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet ➜ 衆参両院【しゅうさんりょういん】

noun:

• losing weight and becoming bony because of grief - four character idiom

noun:

• the sound of waves

noun:

• violations of special law

noun:

• crown of a tooth

counter:

• counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to do by the use of

noun:

• fleeting nature of riches and honour (honor) - four character idiom

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term

noun:

• shabby clothes and an old hat - four character idiom

noun:

• twenty-first of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支