noun:

• on-the-spot report

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return

noun:

• cloth to wipe the sweat off

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

noun:

• the people; the public; citizens

noun:

• the history of Wei

noun:

• the right to tenant farm in perpetuity

expression:

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る

noun:

• the sun ➜ 天日【てんぴ】

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting the cake (at a wedding)

expression:

• (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one) - four character idiom

noun:

• Minister for the Environment

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる

noun:

• soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl

noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• inspection of tickets in the car (carriage)

noun:

• the front page of an application blank

expression:

• Seven Wonders of the World

expression:

• phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the present

noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

expression / adverb:

• at the top of one's voice

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fight to the last (death)