noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• manipulation of public opinion - four character idiom

noun:

• head of the Foreign Relations Committee

noun:

• expounding the teachings of Buddha; spinning the dharma wheel [literal] ➜ 法輪

noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains)
• endless

noun / suffix noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be cleared of a charge

noun:

• fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)

noun:

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• var. of senbei shaped like a Japanese plum

noun:

• rules concerning application of laws

noun / ~する noun:

• clarity of vision

noun:

• view of marriage; outlook on marriage; attitude towards marriage

noun:

• destruction of nature

noun:

• left skirt of a kimono
• geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) ➜ 芸妓

noun:

• (late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate

noun:

• The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI - abbreviation ➜ 日本商工会議所

noun:

• cost of equipment

noun:

• Ordinance of the Konin Era

noun:

• collection of short stories; collected short stories

noun:

• pillar of state

noun:

• name of a country

noun:

• change of address certificate

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term