noun:

• remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget

expression:

• the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly ➜ 困った事

noun:

• the three labor laws (trade union law, labor standards law, labor relations adjustment law) (labour)

noun:

• condition of the common people

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to touch the vital point

noun:

• wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month) - Buddhism term

noun:

• thirty-eighth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China

noun:

• making the rounds to express thanks

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun:

• the barbarians beyond the borders of old China - four character idiom

noun:

• (in Japan) 2nd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) ➜ 十二律・大呂

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• top of the foot; instep ➜ 足の甲

expression / godan ~る verb:

• the New Year begins; the New Year starts

noun:

• the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• all the inhabitants

noun:

• the sentient world; all sentient beings - four character idiom

expression:

• the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
• tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる

noun:

• village by the sea

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put one's life on the line

noun:

• the whole month; all the month

noun:

• the time before last; last time but one

noun:

• removing the weather stripping in spring - obscure term