noun:

• voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)

noun:

• Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin) ➜ 民主党【みんしゅとう】・維新の党【いしんのとう】
• Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) ➜ 閉炉

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit - abbreviation ➜ ヘビーローテーション

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

expression / ichidan verb:

• to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
• to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor - orig. meaning

noun:

• yang (i.e. the positive) Antonym: 陰【いん】
• the open (i.e. a visible place) ➜ 陽に

noun:

• dressing room; green room; backstage
• behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs ➜ 楽屋裏【がくやうら】

noun:

• the hill back of one's home; hill back from the seashore

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide by drowning; drowning oneself
• entering the water; hitting the water ［にゅうすい］

noun:

• bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside ➜ 田舎者

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol

noun:

• regional promotion coupons; merchandise coupons for the promotion of the local economy ➜ 地域振興

noun:

• chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

noun / ~の noun:

• pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the laws of nature; to overstep the bounds of moderation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities

expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); The time being ripe (for) - four character idiom

noun:

• the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) - four character idiom

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・魂讃め星・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂讃め星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日