noun:

• mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language) - four character idiom

noun:

• evaluation on an absolute scale

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

noun:

• new futures on the first trading session of the month

noun:

• products of the south seas

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• person fond of using a mobile phone - From English "mobiler"

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• character of a particular place

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

noun:

• point of difference

noun:

• measure of area - From German "Ar"

noun:

• right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

noun / ~する noun:

• change of post

noun:

• regiment of military policemen

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• first bath of the New Year ➜ 初湯

noun:

• state of dependence

noun:

• working as a servant for a series of masters

noun:

• adding of value

noun:

• forcible obstruction of business; obstructing business by force

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se