noun:

• the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

noun:

• any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

noun:

• soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls ➜ 硬式テニス【こうしきテニス】・ソフトテニス

noun / ~する noun:

• shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

noun:

• (small) red dragonfly
• darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)

noun:

• sale of one's belongings before returning to one's country; sayonara sale

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom

noun:

• according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops - four character idiom

noun:

• points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)

noun:

• rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.) ➜ 太巻き【ふとまき】

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression:

• to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to - archaism ➜ 垂んとする

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster