noun:

• in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom

noun:

• college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college - four character idiom

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• coordination of local clinics and hospitals

expression / ichidan verb:

• to answer a request

noun:

• governing a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor - four character idiom

noun:

• stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun ➜ 闇汁

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

adjectival noun / noun:

• a tiny bit - obscure term

noun:

• standard tables of food composition in Japan - abbreviation ➜ 日本食品標準成分表

noun:

• ranks of troops; (parading in) formation; line array

noun:

• a drop in the ocean (bucket) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

noun:

• style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture

noun:

• during a session (of the legislature)

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun:

• opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• a lean-to

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman (modelled)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

noun / ~する noun:

• serving as a retainer

noun:

• application for admittance to a school