noun:

• tour guide-interpreter; tour guide licensed for guiding foreigners in Japan

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

noun:

• one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love - colloquialism - From English "love love"

noun:

• now-now-ism; being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future

noun:

• claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight ➜ 明け残る

expression / godan ~う verb:

• I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to concentrate one's attention; to be engrossed in

noun:

• Amphichaetodon; genus of butterflyfishes in the family Chaetodontidae

noun:

• maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes - four character idiom

noun:

• racketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• jiedushi; regional military governor in ancient China - archaism ➜ 節度使

noun:

• partial bath; submerging only part of the body in water

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes

prefix:

• said; matter in question

adverb:

• if; in case

noun:

• Hakka; subgroup of Han Chinese living esp. in southeastern China

noun:

• Japanese language specialist; linguist specializing in Japanese