expression:

• in terms of; from the point of view of

expression:

• it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

noun:

• G5; Conference of Ministers of the Group of Five

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

noun:

• (member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers

noun:

• chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong

noun:

• transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)

noun:

• old age; old person; the old; the aged

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the preceding year; the previous year; last year

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏

expression:

• the customer is always right; the customer is king

noun:

• way; path; route; along the way; along the road ➜ 途次

noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

noun / ~する noun:

• tide watching (esp. in the Naruto Strait); watching the tide ➜ 鳴門【なると】

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union