noun:

• sharing of responsibilities

noun:

• Joint Chiefs of Staff

noun:

• thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki ➜ すきやき

noun:

• the beginning of spring

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• government rules on structure, staffing, etc. of local bodies (e.g. police force)

noun:

• total number of discarded cells - IT term

noun:

• attack as a form of defense; attacking (active) defense - four character idiom

expression:

• infringement of intellectual property rights

noun:

• facets (aspects) of (human) life; the pattern of (one's) life - four character idiom

expression:

• suddenly (appears) out of nowhere

noun:

• symptoms of atomic illness

expression / ichidan verb:

• to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun / ~する noun:

• rotation of crops

noun:

• speaking fondly of a loved one

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters (Japan's oldest historical record)

noun:

• being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is - four character idiom

noun:

• islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets - Anatomy term

noun:

• (inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession

noun:

• thick card made from several sheets of washi paper

noun:

• betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times (horse racing) ➜ 馬券【ばけん】

noun:

• type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim
• cut caused by whirlwind

noun:

• Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages ➜ 和製英語