noun:

• going before; the future

noun:

• point of heaven; corner of the sky

noun:

• daytime; during the day - archaism

noun:

• not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

noun:

• Corona Australis (constellation); the Southern Crown - Astronomy term

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• high-pitched; high in the instep

noun:

• western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live) ➜ 江戸城

noun:

• selflessness; selfless devotion to the service of others

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own

noun:

• pulmonary infiltration; infiltration of the lungs

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun:

• Lethenteron; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• Brexit; withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom

noun:

• visitor's gallery; seats for the public

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to surface; to come to the top
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

noun:

• guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

noun:

• body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air