noun:

• Japan; the (Japanese) empire

noun:

• all people; the whole nation

noun:

• living in seclusion; retired from the world - four character idiom

noun:

• forelock; hair on top of the head

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• buddy system; the idea that divers always dive with a buddy to assist each other

noun:

• minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)

noun:

• concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China

noun / ~する noun:

• Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs

noun:

• penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark - Sports term

noun:

• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

expression / ichidan verb:

• to label; to put a tag on

noun:

• Varecia; genus comprising the ruffed lemurs

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

noun:

• Urotrichus; genus containing the Japanese shrew mole

noun:

• stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate - archaism

noun:

• Musca (constellation); the Fly - Astronomy term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• as if; the very thing itself

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.