noun:

• First Epistle to the Thessalonians (book of the Bible)

noun:

• the emperor's thoughts

noun / ~する noun:

• dispatching to the US; despatching to the US

noun:

• pay by the hour (parking)

noun:

• evils of the times

expression:

• the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small - proverb

noun:

• (metaphorically) floating with the tide - four character idiom

noun:

• The Netherlands; Holland ➜ 和蘭【オランダ】

noun:

• back pain due to the cold accompanying a snowfall

noun:

• the masses; people

noun / ~する noun:

• direct report to the throne

noun:

• wrestler waiting his turn by the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term

noun:

• phases of the age (times)

expression / adverb:

• at the very beginning; first of all; before anything else; first and foremost

noun:

• service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes [literal] - from the French 'un ange pass' - idiom

noun:

• the same agency; the same office

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

noun:

• head of the secretariat

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but

noun:

• fourth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968) ➜ 下放運動【かほううんどう】

noun:

• International Committee of the Red Cross

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble