grain diameter; particle diameter
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
(clothing) patterned all over
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
Central Council for Education; Central Education Council
superior make; luxury binding
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
shop selling Buddhist articles
keeping (something) secret
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
superstitious person; practical joker; peddler; itinerant salesman
Japanese Language Council
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
total number of man-days; total number of people (personnel, passengers, etc.)
(pedestrian) crosswalk signal
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
educational administration