noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

ichidan verb:

• to splash; to blame on

noun:

• tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission - abbreviation ➜ 税制調査会【ぜいせいちょうさかい】

interjection:

• I'm ready!; Bring it on! - slang

noun:

• epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's liver [literal] - idiom

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom

noun:

• epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction

noun:

• bus company; bus line

noun / ~する noun:

• trial purchase; buying on trial

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to rut; to get on heat

noun:

• over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• at-home overtime; time spent on work one brings home ➜ サービス残業【サービスざんぎょう】

expression / noun:

• two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line - Sports term

noun:

• nationality clause; legislated ban on foreigners taking up public posts

noun / ~する noun:

• array; muster; line-up; full force

noun:

• according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things - four character idiom

noun:

• lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners
• small shrine

noun:

• minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice - Food term - From Chinese "lǔ ròu fàn"