noun:

• sensitivity to the times; sense of the times - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

expression:

• on the plea of; under the pretext of

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

adverb:

• along the east coast; along the eastern seashore

adverb:

• throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom

noun:

• the theory of the divine right of kings

noun / ~する noun:

• spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs Antonym: 閉脚【へいきゃく】

noun:

• the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• focus of the trade routes of the world

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

expression:

• for the present; for the time being

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read the situation; to sense the mood

expression:

• the more one looks (at it) the more...

expression:

• the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb

noun:

• Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• hard (to the bite, to the touch) - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• all the gods and goddesses; all the deities - Shintō term ➜ 八百万【やおよろず】

expression / noun:

• negation of the negation (in the Hegelian dialectic)

noun:

• cheap everyday food that most people enjoy (e.g. ramen, curry, etc.); eating cheap delicious food; person who seeks out cheap delicious food