noun / ~する noun:

• declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

noun:

• quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury - Sumo term

noun:

• opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds - four character idiom

noun:

• krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

noun:

• the opposite team in a two-turns work group

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - archaism

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - obscure term

noun:

• deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)

~と adverb:

• gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• hyperuricemia (increased levels of uric acid in the blood)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• expected to arrive (occur) in the near future

noun:

• Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit ➜ アートマン

noun:

• Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)

noun:

• the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law - archaism ➜ 十悪

noun:

• day of the ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter) ➜ 土用の丑の日

noun:

• Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません