noun:

• extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

noun:

• Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants - Buddhism term

noun:

• Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non- ethnic Chinese to the north - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• irritatedly; impatiently - onomatopoeia
• scorchingly (of the sun) - onomatopoeia
• sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) - onomatopoeia
• sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. - onomatopoeia
• oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.); seeping out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

noun:

• thrownness; (ger:) Geworfenheit; philosophical concept introduced by Heidegger

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

noun:

• pleasant person; attractive person; animal liked by all because of its cuteness

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

adverb:

• far off; in the distance; long ago; far; by far; far and away

noun:

• shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

expression:

• for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance - usu. ~に or ~で

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

adverb:

• exceedingly; conspicuously; by far

noun:

• popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials

noun:

• manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
• making New-Year's decorations
• preparing fields; farming; farmer

noun:

• fireside; hearth; by the fire

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness

expression:

• simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means - before a negative form