noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

noun:

• the babyboomers; the baby boom generation - four character idiom

noun:

• on the verge of dying

noun:

• nursing in the home by visiting nurses - From English "day service"

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• (in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament

adverb:

• around the mouth

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun / ~する noun:

• signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• fencing master of the top rank

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• knife attached to the sheath of a sword

noun:

• dragon which has already ascended to the heavens

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• report to the throne

noun:

• fifteenth day of the month
• fifteen days

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to mourn over the death of

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role ➜ 主演作品

noun:

• the first sleep (of silkworms)

expression:

• just off the press

expression:

• make hay while the sun shines - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• beginning of the year