expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name [literal] - proverb

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary - four character idiom

noun:

• the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun:

• nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns

noun:

• time convention; way of dividing day into hours; hour system

noun:

• hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite ➜ 湯の花【ゆのはな】

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

noun:

• seabed probe; probe of the ocean floor; submarine prospecting

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

noun:

• nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns

noun:

• visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture - four character idiom

noun:

• mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory

expression / noun:

• withered trees and cold ash; "someone who is detached and free of desires" [figurative]; "someone who has no vitality" [figurative]

noun:

• limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation - Law term

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
• to be modest; to be prudent

noun:

• term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals ➜ 期末試験

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• drug administration; giving of a drug; medication

expression / adjectival noun:

• unnatural; out of place; forced or faked (e.g. expression)

noun:

• hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of ➜ からすると

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smell; to smell of; to have a smell