noun:

• Bantu language (of the Bantu language family) ➜ バンツー諸語

noun:

• Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)

expression:

• the very image of health itself; picture of health

noun:

• President of the United States of America; US President

noun:

• abolition of the death penalty; abolition of capital punishment

noun:

• all members of the Diet; members of both houses

noun:

• mountain stream; the water of a mountain stream

adverb:

• calling sound of the lesser cuckoo - obscure term ➜ 時鳥

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

noun:

• Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war, 1868)

noun:

• on-the-spot inspection; on-site inspection

expression / ichidan verb:

• to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself ➜ 腹を括る

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony ➜ 立てる【たてる】

noun:

• grape hyacinth (esp. the starch grape hyacinth, Muscari neglectum) - From Latin "muscari"

noun:

• study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus) - From Ainu

noun:

• wind and waves
• waves stirred by the wind ➜ 風波

noun:

• stock speculation; speculation in stocks; playing the stock market

noun:

• opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road ➜ 対向車線【たいこうしゃせん】

expression / noun:

• restructuring of the financial industry; reorganization of financial systems

noun:

• problems of the elderly
• problems of an aging society

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to stay over; coming to spend the night

expression / ichidan verb:

• to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a phone call; to answer the phone ➜ 電話に出る【でんわにでる】

noun / ~の noun / adverb:

• on the way home from work; returning from work