godan ~く verb:

• to write in the square style

expression / adverb:

• without thinking of the consequences

noun:

• manga on the theme of male homosexual love - from ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし. Sometimes 矢追.

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to reach (range) into the millions

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• precincts of the Imperial palace

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• time of the crime

noun:

• referee officiating the lowest division - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• reselling train tickets on the black market - slang - obscure term

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye - idiom

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

noun:

• mastery of the air

noun:

• sailing before the wind; everything is going well - four character idiom

noun:

• juvenile delinquents roaming about the city in groups - From English "teamer"

noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• position at the imperial court in ancient China - abbreviation ➜ 内閣大学士

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

noun:

• sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun / ~する noun:

• considering the pros and cons of; examining arguments for and against

noun:

• reading Chinese in the Japanese order

noun:

• practical search for the truth - four character idiom ➜ 実事

expression / noun:

• just out of the bath

noun:

• transit (of a planet) over the sun

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】