noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• jingling - onomatopoeia
• (sound of) many people clapping together - onomatopoeia ➜ 手締め
• healthy; robust; active; hale and hearty; handling one's work well - onomatopoeia
• concluding successfully - onomatopoeia
• boiling (of water) - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

noun / ~する noun:

• dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death ➜ 孤独死

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

noun:

• incremental difference (e.g. between files); "diff" - IT term
• difference; subtraction; (finite) differences - Mathematics term

expression:

• good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb

expression:

• good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb

expression / ~の noun:

• among countries; between countries

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

noun:

• House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 参議院

noun:

• House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 衆議院

noun:

• regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors) ➜ 参議院

noun / ~の noun:

• ataxia; loss of coordination of the muscles; failure of muscular coordination

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny