noun:

• avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders - four character idiom

noun:

• according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things - four character idiom

noun:

• all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier

noun:

• Hydrangeaceae; family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas) ➜ 紫陽花

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• any fish of family Merlucciidae (which includes the hakes) - From Spanish "merluza"

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• question based on rearranging (words) into the correct order

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

adverb / ~の noun:

• the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

noun:

• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星宿・二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• Singapore

noun:

• the rules according to which posthumous names are assigned

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People ➜ 三民主義

noun:

• member states of the former Soviet bloc

noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

noun:

• wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) ➜ 通夜

noun / ~の noun:

• pia mater (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

noun:

• hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) ➜ 半身不随

adverb:

• the same as something was reputed to be

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)