noun:

• depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness - four character idiom

noun:

• adopting a married couple; married couple adopted into the family

noun:

• on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

noun / adverb:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りっ丈

noun:

• putting on the pressure; pushing forward
• being pressed; being under pressure

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) - colloquialism ➜ 斑猫

noun:

• the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea
• of or about Japan

noun:

• Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871) ➜ 普仏戦争

adverb:

• early; quickly; soon - slang, ksb, arch. equiv. of 早く - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• early morning; early hour; early in the day

noun:

• moon of the 13th day of 9th lunar month - archaism ➜ 十三夜
• leap month ➜ 閏月

expression:

• the way one talks; one's way of speaking

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

expression:

• without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

noun:

• brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus) ➜ 羆

expression:

• good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening) - Tōhoku dialect

expression / adverb:

• still more; even more; much more; all the more; further

expression / ~の noun:

• increased; greater

expression:

• this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• construction state; civil engineering state; country dominated by the construction industry

adverb / expression:

• at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)