expression / noun:

• expression of gratitude

noun:

• extension of visa permit

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin - Food term

noun:

• War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 衆院予算委員会

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make short work of; to eat up quickly

noun:

• angle of advance

noun:

• broiling over an open fire

noun:

• tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

expression:

• wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

noun:

• pack of lies; complete fabrication - idiom

noun:

• banning of books; banned book

noun / ~する noun:

• parceling out an estate

noun:

• law of multiple proportions

noun:

• limitless expanse of clouds and smoke - four character idiom

noun:

• estimated time of arrival; ETA

expression:

• first of all; to begin with

noun:

• Director of National Intelligence (USA); DNI

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

noun:

• combination of riichi, tan'yao, and pinfu (common trio of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 立直【リーチ】・断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】・タンピン

noun:

• shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information - four character idiom

noun:

• large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal)
• tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

noun:

• (phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes

noun:

• decoction of tea

noun:

• Democratic Party of Japan