noun:

• life in natural setting, free from worldly cares - four character idiom

noun:

• (noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China - four character idiom

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• house arrest; being placed in confinement at home - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• the whole house (assembly, audience) being in uproar - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit - four character idiom

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted - onomatopoeia

noun:

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

noun:

• slab (e.g. in metal casting, smelting, etc.)

noun:

• traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

noun:

• thick-bordered box or table (in forms, etc.)

noun:

• shake-hands grip (in ping-pong, table tennis)

noun:

• unhittable return in tennis - From English "return ace"

noun / ~する noun:

• serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads) - abbreviation ➜ レス・まじ

noun:

• someone who battles on in difficult circumstances

noun:

• traditional textile of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa

noun:

• everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

noun:

• student who can't keep up in school - sensitive

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization

noun:

• Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)

expression:

• in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies - proverb

noun:

• man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style ➜ 万葉仮名