expression / noun:

• the last moment; the very end

noun:

• the six tools of the ninja - かぎ縄, 編み笠, 石筆, 三尺手ぬぐい, 薬, 打ち竹

noun:

• the end of the Cold War

noun:

• the opposite direction; the other way

noun:

• the principle of the thing

noun:

• the middle-aged and the elderly

noun:

• the ten good acts - Buddhism term ➜ 十悪
• the emperor ➜ 十善の君

noun:

• obstinacy - Buddhism term
• atman; the self; the ego

noun:

• The Chronicles (books of the Bible)

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

expression:

• the early bird catches the worm - proverb

expression / ~の noun:

• under the ... administration; within the ... government - often 政権下で

expression / adjective:

• after the good comes the bad

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience ➜ 聴衆を飽かさない【ちょうしゅうをあかさない】

noun:

• educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface

adverb:

• on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

pronoun:

• beyond; across; the other side; the distance

noun:

• beginning of the year
• the oldest person ［としがしら］

noun:

• role of the villain; the bad guy

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• all the points in question; the whole point

noun:

• inspection by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom