noun:

• ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

noun:

• before the gate; in front of the gate

expression:

• on the occasion of; at the time of ➜ 際【さい】

noun:

• the entire strength; all hands; all the members

noun:

• sensitivity to the times; sense of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

adverb:

• along the east coast; along the eastern seashore

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

adverb:

• throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs Antonym: 閉脚【へいきゃく】

noun:

• the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• focus of the trade routes of the world

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

expression:

• for the present; for the time being

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read the situation; to sense the mood

expression:

• the more one looks (at it) the more...

expression:

• the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)