noun:

• competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• things being very eventful at home and abroad - four character idiom

noun:

• first and final offer in labor-management negotiations - four character idiom

noun:

• emergency and critical care centre (center)

noun:

• Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)

noun:

• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

expression:

• one's seniors and juniors
• seniority-based hierarchy

noun:

• fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge

adjectival noun:

• supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal

noun:

• non-woven (fabric) (e.g. felts and such)

adverb / ~する noun:

• very short and stout; small but quite wide around - onomatopoeia ➜ ずんぐり

~と adverb:

• slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dinner and drinks served after a wake

noun:

• Bloody Mary (cocktail of vodka and tomato juice)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to enjoy the trust and confidence of

noun:

• dogs and cats; pets
• something trivial; worthless thing - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

noun:

• Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949) - obsolete term

noun:

• antiquarian bookshop; store for rare and old books

noun:

• corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)

noun:

• bowl of eel and rice (donburi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 鰻丼

noun:

• platiniridium (alloy of platinum and iridium)

noun:

• chromium oxide (esp. Cr2O3 and CrO3)

expression:

• to cast aside one's beliefs and doctrines - archaism