Meanings

fundamental culture (concept proposed by German folklorist Hans Naumann)

closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead

ungrammatical sentence

compound-complex sentence

man of letters

something done too late

the early bird catches the worm

the style is the man

ghost character

fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf)

passive sentence

document duty stamp

consumer culture

Specialist in Humanities (Japanese visa category)

context-free language

prescriptive grammar

knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.

philosophy of culture

leading character

this thesis