expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

noun:

• the preceding visitor

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a mask on

noun / ~する noun:

• tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck ➜ 肩揚げを下ろす【かたあげをおろす】・肩揚げが取れる【かたあげがとれる】

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun:

• air-damper (e.g. in chimney)
• wind door; door through which wind blows, e.g. to cool a room - archaism

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

noun:

• President of the United States of America; US President

noun / ~の noun:

• recalling the old days; nostalgia; reminiscences

noun:

• the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

expression / noun:

• rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees

noun:

• air pump (for inflating bike tires, basketballs, etc.)

expression:

• at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

noun:

• the publishing world

expression / adjective:

• bright even in the dark; clearly visible at night

noun:

• name of ancient country located in the modern Fukuoka prefecture

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to put into the mouth; to eat

noun / adverbial noun:

• close to the wall; alongside the wall

noun:

• shellfish removed from the shell

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• parliamentary motion of non-confidence against the cabinet