expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

noun:

• kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period - four character idiom

expression:

• openly and secretly; helping in all ways - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• (allowing for) population increase; rise in population

noun:

• Chimaera; genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae

noun / ~する noun:

• blood pledge; oath signed in blood

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

noun:

• university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation ➜ 略本暦

noun:

• (a) multiple birth; childbirth resulting in twins, triplets, etc.

noun:

• dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. ➜ 竜血樹

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun / ~する noun:

• declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

noun:

• Japanese text; sentence in Japanese - archaism ➜ 和文

noun:

• inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu - Food term

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

noun:

• Eridacnis; genus of finback catshark in the family Proscylliidae

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.