noun:

• something not needed; person who is in the way

~の noun / noun:

• young; blooming (age); in the prime of youth; marriageable - usu. of women

noun:

• person collapsed and dying (dead) in the street

noun:

• feces contained long in the intestines; fecal stasis; coprostasis

noun / ~する noun:

• making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

noun:

• (belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning

noun:

• staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing something in the company of one's superior

noun:

• non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

noun:

• ritual stamping in the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• lineup; appearance together

noun:

• shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

expression:

• cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants ➜ 仕打ち

noun:

• (the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

noun:

• days (period) (designated) for the seeding in of exhibits

noun / ~する noun:

• declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

noun:

• opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds - four character idiom