noun:

• under the sword

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

noun:

• seeking the bizarre

noun:

• twenty-ninth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

expression:

• the blind leading the blind; if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - proverb

expression:

• (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur - four character idiom

noun:

• man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person

noun:

• Ministry of the Environment

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to see far into the distance; to have good long-distance vision

noun:

• mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect - archaism ➜ 虚無僧

noun:

• infringement of the law

noun:

• the whole nation

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan ➜ あいの風

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to the store - honorific language ➜ 来店

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to the office; to be at work

noun:

• all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier

noun:

• putting one's courage to the test

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

adverb / noun:

• middle of the month

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

adverb:

• on the other hand

expression:

• one way or the other; either way