noun:

• a drop in the ocean (bucket) - four character idiom

noun:

• a drop in the ocean (bucket) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• very far away; the heavenly shores - four character idiom

noun:

• being up to the person himself - four character idiom

expression:

• good luck!; all the best

noun / ~する noun:

• using every trick (in the book)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• meanwhile; the other day; recently - obsolete term

noun:

• Stoic school; the Stoics

noun:

• Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side

godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pull up by the roots

expression:

• empty vessels make the most sound

noun:

• household search (conducted by the police) - slang

noun:

• separation with divorce in the offing

noun:

• lower portion; the base surface; soffit

noun:

• the War On Terror

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting the cake (at a wedding)

expression:

• in full bloom at the moment

noun:

• homeless people (living on the street)

noun:

• allowance allotted to the Imperial family

noun:

• question time (in the Japanese Diet) ➜ クエスチョンタイム

expression / adverb:

• using the strongest words possible

expression:

• it's the thought that counts

noun:

• tail end; very bottom; the lowest rank ➜ どん尻

noun:

• supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)