game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
so-wa-ka; well said; so be it
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades
review; reconsideration; revision
bicycle; child pickpocket
special award; special prize
jumbo; jumbo-sized; jumbo jet
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
fill-in-the-blank question; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
extensive; vast range; wide scope
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
Sakanoue No Tamuramaro (758-811; noble)
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
licensed trade between Japan and Ming dynasty China during the Muromachi period
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship