noun:

• in the ministry; in the department

noun:

• putting on weight over the New Year's holidays

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

expression / ~の noun:

• with three meals served

noun:

• style current in the capital

expression:

• with the election around the corner

noun:

• caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

noun:

• three summer months

noun / ~の noun:

• three stars (shape)
• three stars (for quality, e.g. Michelin stars)

noun:

• Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ➜ 参【しん】

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun:

• checking the colors on a colored proof (colour)

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

noun:

• the next-door neighbour (neighbor) - honorific language ➜ 隣

noun:

• at the moment

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb

noun:

• God the Father

noun:

• language of the enemy

noun:

• city built according to the principles of fengshui ➜ 風水

pre-noun adjectival:

• of the time; at the time ➜ 時【とき】

noun:

• mass or ceremony for the repose of a soul

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let someone have the credit for (a success); to let someone else carry the flowers [literal]

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮紙

noun / ~する noun:

• being found out wearing (cheap) clothes from the clothing chain Uniqlo - abbreviation - slang ➜ ばれる

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender - proverb ➜ その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell