expression / noun:

• page in the history books; historical (event); old news

noun:

• the Five Powers

noun:

• the world; earthly affairs

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to spoil the mood

noun / ~する noun:

• the breakup (dispersal) of a family - four character idiom

noun:

• the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters

noun:

• air traffic control

noun:

• in the moonlight

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• joint service for the war dead

noun:

• falling to the ground

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the end; finally

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun:

• small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮

noun:

• the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom

noun:

• conquering the devil

noun:

• against the rules

godan ~る verb:

• to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun) - poetical term ➜ 入る【いる】

noun:

• person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• person from the Kansai region ➜ 関西

noun:

• provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sell out to the masses