noun:

• round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting

noun / ~する noun:

• fighting to the death (with swords) - sensitive

expression / adverbial noun:

• the other day; a few days ago

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• essentially the same with only minor differences - four character idiom

noun:

• around-the-clock; (working) day and night - four character idiom

noun:

• return to the divine through spiritual quietude

noun:

• readers' column; letters to the editor section

noun:

• ... all over again (repeating the same failure)

noun:

• always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible - four character idiom

noun:

• remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland ➜ 辺地

noun:

• Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• visitor's gallery; seats for the public

adverb / conjunction:

• incidentally; at the same time

conjunction:

• instead; but (on the other hand)

noun / ~する noun:

• losing weight over the summer

noun:

• low-lying land reclaimed from the sea - From Dutch "polder"

noun:

• Canes Venatici (constellation); the Hunting dogs - Astronomy term

noun:

• poem or song written by the emperor

noun:

• man fit for the post; right person

noun:

• Canis Major (constellation); the Greater Dog

noun:

• the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the field first, thus batting second - Baseball term

noun:

• mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slight; thin; on the weak side

noun:

• keeping the head cool and feet warm - four character idiom