noun:

• housing for the elderly with home-care services provided - abbreviation ➜ サービス付き高齢者向け住宅【サービスつきこうれいしゃむけじゅうたく】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• unparalleled for valor; unmatched for bravery - four character idiom

expression:

• for short

expression:

• in succession; one after another ➜ 次から次へと【つぎからつぎへと】

noun:

• witness stand or box

noun:

• (as opposed to those compiled later) ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE ➜ 風土記

noun:

• using horizontal characters in vertical writing

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun:

• Prize for Creativity

noun:

• wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw in a suggestion

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to waver in one's resolution

noun:

• type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
• type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

expression / noun:

• Pandora's box

noun:

• volume of water kept in store

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• local production for local consumption

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

noun:

• batter in the hole

noun:

• abbreviation used in a telegram