noun:

• Department of Education

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to listen to in an ecstasy

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• contributed article

noun:

• twenty-first of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• multipurpose underground utility conduit

noun:

• remarkable effect

noun:

• modern art ➜ 現代美術【げんだいびじゅつ】

auxiliary adjective / adjective:

• being too many (to finish or complete); being too much

noun:

• conspiracy - four character idiom

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

noun:

• immediate or proximate cause

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• trematode (i.e. a fluke)

noun:

• diabase; dolerite - Geology term

noun:

• gold vein; gold-bearing reef

expression / adjective:

• embarrassed; ashamed ➜ きまりわるい

~の noun / noun:

• decided; determined; settled Antonym: 未決

noun:

• joint work (art, music, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone) ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】

noun:

• cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• aristocracy

noun:

• vampire bat

noun:

• Christianity - abbreviation ➜ 基督教