(n) 88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
(n,vs) operating on a ten-minute schedule
(exp) (id) Life is short
(n) fifty-three stages on the Tokaido (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
(n) The Twenty-One Demands
(n) Cesium 137 (Cs-137) (Caesium)
(exp) (id) Wonder lasts but nine days
(io) (exp) gossip lasts just one season (lit: 75 days)
(n) International Committee of the Red Cross
(n) the failed Meiji-14 coup of 1881
(exp) to understand everything from only one part
to be perceptive
(exp) just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
(n) (obsc) Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
(exp) the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
(exp) the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
(exp) (id) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush