noun:

• hot-air balloon

expression:

• The consensus of opinion is that ...; It is widely agreed (admitted) that ... - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• rainy spells just before the rainy season

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to insist on one's own ideas

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pick on; to tease

noun:

• root of the tongue

noun:

• lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand - four character idiom

noun:

• second star of the evening

noun:

• 58th year of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語

adjectival noun:

• about the same; about equal to; close match

noun:

• cancer of the tongue

expression:

• on the contrary

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to talk all the night

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

expression:

• the more one looks (at it) the more...

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

noun:

• circular stone or jasper ornament from the Kofun era

noun:

• the favor of one's ruler (favour)

noun:

• relationships with the opposite sex

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• hairstyle with the bangs cut completely straight

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む