(politics, historical) the minister of the right, a government position in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)

(politics, historical) the minister of the interior, one of the 令外の官 (ryōge no kan, “government offices not specified by administrative decree”)

(elementary mathematics) word problem

(bibliography) description of a book

(bibliography) to describe a book

candied sweet potato

matter of life or death / (idiomatic) an extremely urgent matter

generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

(Buddhism) great compassion

the size of one bite; being bite-sized