noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• inspection of tickets in the car (carriage)

noun:

• traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
• men's hairstyle (Edo period)

noun:

• the front page of an application blank

expression:

• Seven Wonders of the World

expression:

• phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the present

noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

expression / adverb:

• at the top of one's voice

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fight to the last (death)

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

noun:

• Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets (2013); Secret Information Protection Act

noun:

• middle of the screen

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

expression:

• adversity strengthens the foundations - proverb

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son - proverb

expression:

• Learn wisdom from the follies of others - idiom

noun:

• the Tropic of Capricorn

noun:

• sashimi arranged in the original shape of the fish ➜ 活き造り
• fresh sashimi

expression / noun:

• the sky; the heavens

noun:

• the world; the path of life

noun:

• the nine grains

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

noun:

• selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market

noun:

• neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient - four character idiom