noun:

• this academic subject or field of study; Confucian studies

noun:

• (approx.) 12 o'clock (am or pm); noon; midnight - archaism

pronoun:

• this or that person; anybody; many people

noun:

• cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system

noun:

• directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos)

expression:

• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...
• whether or not

noun / adjectival noun:

• varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• stubborn; obstinate; sticking to one's views or decisions - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties - four character idiom

noun:

• (an ordinary citizen) having no special rank or title - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

expression:

• unplugged; not needing or having electrification (e.g. music)

noun:

• thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

noun:

• (woman's) ugly or homely face; old bag

noun:

• indies; independent film or music

noun:

• politician (or someone otherwise engaged in politics); statesman

noun:

• square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators

noun:

• sampling food or drink; tasting

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects - From French ➜ ナーリング

noun:

• knurling; ridged pattern usu. on circular or cylindrical objects

noun:

• characteristic value; physical or chemical properties; figure of merit

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• boundlessly wide or vast
• dim and indistinct

noun:

• meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine - archaism

noun:

• short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men

~する noun:

• murder of one's own lord or father