noun:

• Director General of Science and Technology Agency

expression / adverb:

• in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient

expression:

• Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• issue of a voucher

noun:

• dish of white miso mixed with roasted Japanese nutmeg powder, sugar and sesame seeds, etc. ➜ 味噌

noun:

• sum total of one's marks; total points or score

noun:

• former men of wisdom and virtue

noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

noun:

• sole of the foot

noun:

• vision of the future

noun:

• any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

noun:

• long period of rain ➜ 長雨【ながあめ】

noun:

• ill effects of drinking

noun:

• eighth month of the lunar calendar - archaism ➜ 葉月

noun:

• length of time which food products will keep

~する noun:

• to keep a long time

noun:

• top of the head; crown of the head

adjectival noun / noun:

• multiplicity of troubles; so many as to be troublesome

noun:

• sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

noun:

• war of words; verbal fisticuffs ➜ 腕相撲
• kissing - slang

noun:

• Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs) ➜ 弁官

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to bring to an end; to close the curtain ➜ 幕になる【まくになる】

noun:

• your place of residence