noun:

• member of a political party

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun:

• way of wearing; way one wears a garment

noun:

• Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• right of recourse; right for redemption

noun:

• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• study of natural laws
• branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

noun / ~する noun:

• strengthening of relations

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• Rookie of the Year award

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• on the point of vanishing

noun:

• brother-in-law

noun:

• date of issue or publication

noun:

• degree of dependence

noun:

• command of English; proficiency in English; knowledge of English

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a cup (of sake) in return

noun:

• abolition of licensed prostitution

noun:

• father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

noun / ~する noun:

• coincidence of opinions, etc.; agreement

expression:

• the dead of night ➜ 丑三つ時

noun:

• stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be unwilling but to give in - usu. as 百歩譲って, 百歩譲っても

noun / ~する noun:

• circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)

expression:

• non-existence of a business corporation