adverb:

• in the face of; in defiance of ➜ 物ともしない

noun / ~の noun:

• adrenal cortex; cortex of the adrenal gland

expression:

• all over; all over the place; everywhere

noun:

• over-the-phone loan; loan-by-phone - From English "telephone cashing"

noun:

• (motion of) precession of the equinoxes - Astronomy term ➜ 歳差【さいさ】
• precession - Physics term

noun:

• left-wing party; party of the left

noun:

• grammar of the classical literature; classical grammar

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud ➜ 泥遊び【どろあそび】

noun:

• Diet members caucus; caucus of the Diet

noun:

• Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet - abbreviation ➜ 議員連盟

noun / ~の noun:

• meeting for the first time; first meeting

noun:

• Bird Day; Day of the Bird

noun:

• apple sold during the winter; winter apple

noun:

• government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government

noun:

• islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hit the bottom; to bottom out

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West

expression:

• what date?; what's the date?; when?

noun:

• overall victory; victory in the overall standings

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun:

• heresy; evil ways; path of evil ［魔道］
• sorcery; black magic
• netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam - Buddhism term ➜ 六道

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• flat ground
• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki) ➜ 平土間【ひらどま】
• multi-brand display area (in a shop)