noun:

• financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

noun:

• refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon - four character idiom

noun:

• rope weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the other

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart ➜ ばらばら

expression:

• to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [literal] - idiom - sensitive - obsolete term

noun:

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

expression:

• the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

noun:

• Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

noun:

• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

noun:

• Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)

noun:

• fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages ➜ 端本

noun:

• batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天

noun:

• green scat (green morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus) ➜ 黒星饅頭鯛

noun:

• red scat (red morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus) ➜ 黒星饅頭鯛

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

noun:

• walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)

expression:

• when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

noun:

• pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken