noun:

• diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining - four character idiom

expression:

• The End; Finis - at the close of a book, film, etc.

suffix noun / noun:

• completion; conclusion; end
• providing fully

noun:

• halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis)

expression:

• When in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to wipe the slate clean; to start anew ➜ 白紙に戻す

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to wipe the slate clean; to start anew

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be answerable (for); to take the blame

noun:

• pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period) - obscure term ➜ 先土器時代

expression / ichidan verb:

• to iron; to do the ironing

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw down the drain; to waste

noun:

• stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

noun:

• Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim ➜ 四国巡礼

noun / ~する noun:

• change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫被り

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• very recently; in the very recent past

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wave a flag
• to show the way

expression / noun:

• money rules the world; rich man's world - idiom

expression:

• I wish I could sink through the floor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go back to the starting point

noun:

• dead center; dead centre; right in the middle

noun:

• gentian (esp. the great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea) - From Latin "gentiana"

noun:

• pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)

expression:

• up until now; as recently as the present

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family