noun:

• on-the-job training

noun / ~する noun:

• groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues - four character idiom

noun:

• each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat - four character idiom ➜ 割り勘

noun:

• licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

noun:

• the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance) - Buddhism term

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

noun:

• puppeteer; puppet player
• wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes ［かいらいし］

noun:

• unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses
• reclining dragon

noun / ~の noun:

• heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism ➜ 背日性

noun:

• woman textile worker
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星・ベガ

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

noun:

• musical instrument; music
• accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)

noun:

• letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section
• space for correspondence, messages, etc.

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

noun:

• proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker, i. e., kore, koko, kochira) - Linguistics term

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae ［しょくじょ］ - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun / ~の noun:

• right in the center (centre) - colloquialism

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop the opponent by pressing one's head into his chest - Sumo term

noun:

• mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa

noun:

• formal meeting (committee, etc.); session
• this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence - four character idiom ➜ 首鼠

noun:

• lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out - four character idiom