noun:

• policy of conquering Korea by military force

noun:

• initiation of debate (e.g. in parliament)

noun:

• likeness; (amateur) picture of a copyrighted character

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to put on an air of seniority ➜ 先輩風を吹かす

noun:

• making things out of dirt (for fun)

noun:

• job title; name of one's position

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• (of a woman) slender and smartly shaped

expression:

• unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity

expression:

• before anything else; first of all

expression:

• Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq & North Korea)

noun:

• common variety of women's kimono sash

particle:

• marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) - archaism ➜ を

noun:

• new strains of (pandemic) influenza

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a fool of someone

noun:

• beta-lactam (var. of antibiotic)

noun:

• Coxiella burnetii (causative agent of Q fever)

noun:

• clinical condition (of a patient's illness)

noun:

• outbreak (of war or disease)

noun:

• autotransfusion (infusion of one's own blood)

noun:

• paralanguage (nonlexical component of communication)

noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• (the impression of being) soft and flexible - onomatopoeia

noun:

• female emperor of Japan (historical or postulated) - four character idiom

noun:

• international politics (as a field of study)

expression:

• inconsiderate (of rudeness, danger or rules)

noun:

• esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect - Buddhism term ➜ 台密【たいみつ】