noun:

• singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects ➜ 虫の音

noun / ~する noun:

• full payment of a tax

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

noun:

• angle of incidence

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch - onomatopoeia

noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun / ~する noun:

• change of name or title; change of era

noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

adjectival noun / noun:

• child born in last half of the year

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

noun:

• Statute of Westminster (1931)

noun:

• bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss

noun:

• point-of-sale system; POS

noun:

• provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)

noun:

• emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)

noun:

• rate of production

noun:

• incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation

expression:

• of large diameter

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• spirit of self-denial

noun:

• the pain of not getting what one seeks - Buddhism term

noun:

• tenth month of the lunar calendar - term used in Izumo Province - archaism ➜ 神無月

temporal noun:

• since the dawn of history - four character idiom

noun:

• Secretary of Defence (Defense)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period