ichidan verb / expression:

• to cross the line; to go too far - idiom

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)

noun:

• second division of the night (approx. 9 pm to 11 pm) - archaism

noun:

• over-the-counter trading; OTC trading; off-floor trading - four character idiom

noun:

• wearing one's hair knotted in the back

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

noun:

• the old Kanto-area folk songs

noun:

• seventeenth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

noun:

• the preceding visitor

noun / ~する noun:

• tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck ➜ 肩揚げを下ろす【かたあげをおろす】・肩揚げが取れる【かたあげがとれる】

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

noun:

• President of the United States of America; US President

noun / ~の noun:

• recalling the old days; nostalgia; reminiscences

noun:

• the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

noun:

• the publishing world

expression / adjective:

• bright even in the dark; clearly visible at night

noun:

• name of ancient country located in the modern Fukuoka prefecture