expression:

• putting on weight from the good (married) life - colloquialism

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to move along with the times - obscure term

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• hear something for the last time

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

noun:

• the Big Three (countries)

noun:

• the easier of two slopes

noun:

• the neck

noun:

• area remote from the city; outlying area

noun:

• look of the sky

noun:

• river raised above the surrounding land

noun:

• the teacher's home

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay the bill; to settle an account

noun:

• head of the student council; president of the student council

~の noun:

• for the use of women only

noun:

• 42nd of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• creation of the world; evolution

noun:

• sending off the spirits of the dead ➜ 魂送り

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

noun:

• from long ago up until the present day - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination

noun:

• the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period) ➜ 刺股・突棒・袖搦

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom