noun:

• first sale of the year; first trade of the year ➜ 初売り

noun:

• sweet whispers of love; sweet nothings; lovers' whispers ➜ 睦言【むつごと】

noun:

• cause of trouble

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint - four character idiom

noun:

• act of violence; violent behavior

noun:

• year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter) ➜ 式年祭

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• speaking of... (used to introduce a topic emphatically) - after a noun

noun:

• bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip) - obscure term

noun:

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI - abbreviation ➜ 経済産業省

noun:

• point of intersection

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun / ~する noun:

• start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun:

• vote of confidence

noun:

• exhibition of original images

expression:

• the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

noun:

• philosophy of life - From German "Lebensphilosophie"

adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

noun:

• minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination

noun:

• farewell cups of water

noun:

• sixth of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• mistake of fact

noun:

• in the middle of a line