noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

~する noun:

• to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; to worry - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that; (obsessing) to no end - onomatopoeia

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• makizushi comprising mackerel fillet marinated in salt and vinegar, wrapped in rice and covered in shredded kombu - Food term

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin a trip; to depart; to embark
• to die; to pass away; to depart this life

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to carry in one's pocket; to own
• to take; to carry about

noun / ~する noun:

• success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world - four character idiom

noun:

• deserted house; ruined house

noun / ~する noun:

• abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

noun:

• taste (in goods, etc.)
• manners; etiquette
• modesty; restraint; prudence
• knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.); accomplishments
• taking care of one's personal appearance

noun:

• mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) - from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family

expression / adverb:

• in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient

noun / ~の noun:

• bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart - four character idiom

expression:

• wooing technique; the way to a man's (woman's) heart

noun:

• visiting one's constituency
• feudal lord's return to his estate - archaism

expression:

• that's out of the question; it's just not possible

noun:

• poking someone's anus with one's index fingers (childish prank) - from 浣腸 - slang ➜ 浣腸

expression:

• doing something on one's own without another's help - four character idiom

noun:

• Fleming's rules (Fleming's left-hand rule & Fleming's right-hand rule)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
• intentional negligence
• tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency
• understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability)
• being paid back for one's deeds ➜ 自業自得【じごうじとく】