noun:

• government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise ➜ 政策官庁

noun:

• ratio decidendi; reason for a verdict - Law term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

noun:

• virgin; maiden pure in heart

noun:

• snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom

adjective:

• unavoidable; no help for

noun:

• scattering bait to attract fish; bait for scattering

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot ➜ 草鞋

noun:

• shuriken; small throwing blade; small edged weapon often used for throwing; throwing star

noun:

• forever; in perpetuity

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with - oft. in the negative

noun:

• imminent danger; like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road [literal]

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

expression / adjective:

• having lost face; in a bind

godan ~る verb:

• to relish; to show a liking for

noun:

• gliadin; protein found in grain gluten

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush; position of the arm used for a particular type of calligraphy

noun:

• prolamin; member of a class of proteins found in grains

noun:

• Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology

noun:

• raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)

expression:

• job-related; in the course of one's work

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

expression:

• without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

adverb / expression:

• before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme