noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

noun:

• thremmatology; study of plant and animal breeding

noun:

• Obamacare; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (U.S. statute, 2010)

noun:

• 1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa

noun / ~の noun:

• upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

noun:

• being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation - four character idiom

noun:

• namarupa; name and form - Buddhism term ➜ 十二因縁

noun:

• Pantherinae; subfamily of Felidae which contains the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis

godan ~す verb:

• to do thoroughly; to check through and through

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威有って猛からず【いあってたけからず】

adjective:

• painfully itchy; painful and itchy

noun:

• political economy; political science and economics

noun:

• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel - From Greek "talanton"

noun / ~の noun:

• being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful - four character idiom

noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun:

• ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

expression:

• jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over - Buddhism term ➜ 八大地獄【はちだいじごく】

noun:

• nailist; someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails (or "nail art") and care for nails

noun:

• Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China

noun:

• ABC; 1, 2 and 3

expression:

• despite appearances; you mightn't think so, however ...

noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

expression:

• to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節