noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

temporal noun:

• at the worst time; at worst; at the worst level

noun:

• volume (sound level)
• volume (books)
• volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); bulk; bulkiness; mass ➜ ボリュームサラダ
• any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

noun:

• second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year ➜ 上半期

noun:

• first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

noun / ~の noun:

• sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; holy ground

noun:

• issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

noun:

• full screen (display on computer) - IT term
• full screen (video release of widescreen movie resized for 4:3 image display)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

expression:

• after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad - proverb

expression:

• those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land (a mantra of Confucianism) - proverb

noun:

• you (people)

interjection:

• gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends; everyone - making appeal, etc.

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly

noun:

• chase scene
• groupie; paparazzo

adverbial noun:

• soon; by-and-by

noun:

• game and set; game over

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

noun:

• relative weight; lightness and heaviness

noun / ~する noun:

• relative importance; gravity

godan ~る verb:

• to break into (houses here and there); to rampage

noun:

• sushi rice; rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt - Food term ➜ 寿司飯【すしめし】・舎利【しゃり】

noun:

• doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse

adjectival noun:

• here and there; scattered about

~する noun:

• to be scattered around

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become emaciated; to grow thin and worn out

noun:

• abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) - four character idiom

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• infirmities of old age
• young and old; all ages - obsolete term ➜ 老若

noun:

• left and right kanji radicals
• kanji radical positions - now used for 冠, 脚, etc. as well - colloquialism