noun:

• in the sentence; in the text
• Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

adverbial noun:

• at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blow upon; to breathe on; to spray ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】
• to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms) ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】
• to exaggerate; to overcharge ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】

noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

expression:

• an army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach [literal] - proverb

noun:

• roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine - four character idiom

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

noun:

• capital and labor; capital and labour; capitalists and laborers; capitalists and labourers

noun:

• up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right - four character idiom

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

noun / suffix noun:

• coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
• attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
• start; beginning
• origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
• architectural member that projects outward
• highest point of the stern of a ship
• amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

noun:

• Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

noun:

• selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• 8 am; the fifth hour; the Hour of the Dragon

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day