noun:

• crime of conscience
• premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be - originally considered an incorrect usage - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)

noun / ~の noun:

• aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

noun:

• rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

noun:

• services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

noun:

• radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• shrine
• palace; imperial residence
• member of the imperial family - honorific language
• headboard (on a bed); headstand
• temple - archaism

noun:

• euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work ➜ 五月病・六月病

noun:

• Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court) (1338.8.28-1342.4.27); Rekiō era

noun:

• Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era

noun:

• Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era

noun:

• Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era

noun:

• Kakei era (of the Northern Court) (1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era

suffix noun:

• month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun / ~する noun:

• rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers) - Mathematics term