noun / ~する noun:

• reselling train tickets on the black market - slang - obscure term

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye - idiom

expression:

• in contrast; on the contrary; on the other hand

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

expression:

• in order to ➜ ために

noun:

• mastery of the air

noun:

• sailing before the wind; everything is going well - four character idiom

noun:

• kelp with herring roe (sushi type)

noun:

• cache plug-in - IT term

noun:

• juvenile delinquents roaming about the city in groups - From English "teamer"

noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

noun:

• being in a towering rage; boiling with rage - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

noun:

• position at the imperial court in ancient China - abbreviation ➜ 内閣大学士

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

noun:

• sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

noun:

• reading Chinese in the Japanese order

noun:

• paper lantern with bow-shaped handle

noun:

• practical search for the truth - four character idiom ➜ 実事

expression / noun:

• just out of the bath

noun:

• transit (of a planet) over the sun

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

noun:

• the vernal equinox (the equinoctal point)