noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

noun:

• voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

noun:

• annual event of miso-making
• first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation

noun:

• Spencer's monitor (Varanus spenceri, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Spencer's goanna

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit - abbreviation ➜ ヘビーローテーション

noun:

• downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

noun / suffix noun:

• high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up - Military term

noun / ~する noun:

• cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)

~の noun:

• guaranteed (to be genuine, valuable, etc.); certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.) ➜ 極め付きの品

expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); The time being ripe (for) - four character idiom

noun:

• part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

noun:

• physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

noun:

• soba made with two parts udon flour to eight parts soba flour

noun:

• congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rustling - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• dry; rough feeling; rough to the touch - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• rough (of a person); course; crude; unrefined; uncouth - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• catching fish with a net

noun / ~する noun:

• rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew
• rebirth; regeneration; reorganization; rebuilding; recovery; restoration; remaking
• coming back to life; revival; resuscitation

noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

noun:

• posting something to the exterior of a building, etc.; something posted in such a place
• fortifications outside a military encampment

noun:

• Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus, damselfish found from Monterey Bay California to Guadalupe Island Baja California); official state marine fish of California

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

noun:

• stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryo system) ➜ 封戸