expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); Now is the time - four character idiom

expression:

• the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small - proverb

noun:

• one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death

noun:

• the Dow (i.e. the Dow Jones Industrial Average) - abbreviation ➜ ダウ式平均株価

noun:

• door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

expression:

• just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

noun:

• unify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens [literal] - personal seal of Oda Nobunaga from 1567 onward

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

noun:

• looking at the camera; paying attention to the camera ➜ 目線【めせん】

expression:

• only the results matter; it's all about the results - proverb

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• taking in; bringing in
• capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; winning over; pleasing
• confusion; bustle; misfortune; disorder

noun / ~する noun:

• importing (e.g. data); capturing (e.g. image) - IT term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash
• to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in

noun / ~する noun:

• (the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people
• secularity

noun / adjectival noun:

• round-faced
• bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the whole month; all the month

noun:

• favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

noun:

• epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction

noun / ~する noun:

• (the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list - abbr. of 警察庁指定被疑者特別手配 - abbreviation ➜ 指名手配

noun:

• free price; price determined by the seller, not the distributor or government