expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• any fish of family Merlucciidae (which includes the hakes) - From Spanish "merluza"

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• the opposite team in a two-turns work group

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - archaism

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - obscure term

adverb / ~の noun:

• the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

noun:

• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星宿・二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• Singapore

noun:

• deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)

~と adverb:

• gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• job-related; in the course of one's work

noun:

• the rules according to which posthumous names are assigned

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People ➜ 三民主義

expression / adverb:

• for the first time in one's life

noun:

• member states of the former Soviet bloc

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

noun:

• wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) ➜ 通夜

noun / ~の noun:

• pia mater (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

noun:

• hyperuricemia (increased levels of uric acid in the blood)

adverb:

• the same as something was reputed to be

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• expected to arrive (occur) in the near future