expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

expression:

• the early bird catches the worm - proverb

expression / ~の noun:

• under the ... administration; within the ... government - often 政権下で

expression / adjective:

• after the good comes the bad

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience ➜ 聴衆を飽かさない【ちょうしゅうをあかさない】

noun:

• educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface

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

godan ~る verb:

• to take away; to carry away

adverb:

• on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

pronoun:

• beyond; across; the other side; the distance

noun:

• beginning of the year
• the oldest person ［としがしら］

noun:

• role of the villain; the bad guy

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• all the points in question; the whole point

noun:

• inspection by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• visit by the empress or the crown prince

noun:

• blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• indignant lamentation over the evils of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• game like "pin the tail on the donkey"

noun:

• the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• striking with the back of the sword

noun:

• horizon; point where the sky meets the earth

noun:

• (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun:

• Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish ➜ ドラド