noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; on the other hand

noun / prefix noun:

• having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... - abbreviation - slang ➜ 専門

noun:

• first; foremost; number one priority - archaism
• doing as one pleases; acting selfishly - archaism
• fired brick - archaism

~の noun:

• nominal; in name only; titular

noun:

• drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP

noun:

• possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership - four character idiom

expression:

• every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠

noun:

• point of agreement; common ground; meeting ground

noun / ~する noun:

• enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

noun / ~する noun:

• frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

expression / adverb:

• how; in what way; I wonder - emphatic ➜ 如何【どう】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam - usu. 目を輝かせる, etc.

godan ~る verb:

• to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

noun:

• medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica

expression:

• if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

noun:

• head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest ➜ 真っ向【まっこう】

expression:

• particularly; in particular; especially

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• subsiding; falling (cave) in; collapse