godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to cross swords with

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• putting in an appearance; showing one's face - archaism ➜ 顔出し

noun:

• lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 小正月・元宵

noun:

• (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time - four character idiom

noun:

• obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; radiation brain [literal] - humorous term - colloquialism

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun:

• snow with a frozen crust on top; crusted snow

noun / ~する noun:

• being the sole winner

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• winner-take-all

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold the key - often after ~の with the meaning 'to hold the key to ~'

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to send or direct a person to

noun:

• food packed in a wooden box

noun:

• throwing with the hand

noun:

• common people

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

noun:

• film shown over the New Year period

expression:

• move with haste (when you have no doubts) - proverb ➜ 悪は延べよ

noun:

• direct negotiations; pressing a demand with a face-to-face talk

noun:

• gap between the clouds

noun:

• the plant kingdom; Plantae

noun:

• the literary world; literary circles

noun:

• traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period Antonym: 紐鏡

noun:

• Double Bridge at the Palace

noun:

• being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself - four character idiom