expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から

noun:

• non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

noun:

• living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof

noun:

• the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th)

noun:

• Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma ➜ 如来禅

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun / ~の noun:

• tip of the tongue; speech; way of talking

noun:

• incorporating the needs of the market into a product - From English "market in"

noun:

• first day of the equinoctial week

noun:

• revue dance performed in a line; line dance

noun:

• the very final proof (printing)

noun:

• sickness incurred in line of duty

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

noun / ~の noun:

• payment in kind

noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

expression / adverb:

• fighting in vain

noun:

• shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki ➜ 延喜式【えんぎしき】

noun:

• long hair style popular in the Genroku era

noun:

• competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• inflammation of the gall-bladder; cholesystitis

noun:

• female narrator in a silent movie theatre

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rise in rank

noun:

• the minority

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン