noun:

• government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo - archaism ➜ 令【りょう】・律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion) - from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴 - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩・三毒

noun:

• paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

noun:

• scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process
• asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) ➜ 露草

adverb:

• from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

auxiliary verb:

• indicates respect for the one performing an action and politeness to the listener - after a monosyllable imperfective form verb - archaism - female language - polite language

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

noun:

• generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward) ➜ ゆとり教育【ゆとりきょういく】

expression / noun:

• leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart - IT term

noun:

• note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale - Music term ➜ 徴【ち】

noun:

• Brexit; withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

noun:

• slip of the tongue; verbal mistake; using the wrong words; misstatement; gaffe ➜ 言い損なう

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on
• to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope - idiom

expression:

• the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...

adverb:

• before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week

adverbial noun / noun:

• limit; limits; bounds
• degree; extent; scope
• as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability; very much
• unless (after neg. verb)
• the end; the last

suffix:

• as long as; only

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom