expression / ichidan verb:

• to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

noun:

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism - abbreviation ➜ 国土交通省

noun:

• expiration of a term of service ➜ 年季明け【ねんきあけ】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• passing of days and months

noun:

• ceremonial tasting of wedding cake by bride and groom - From English "first bite"

noun:

• (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) - archaism ➜ 十二律・夾鐘

noun / ~する noun:

• excellence (of scenery, etc.) - usu. しょうぜつ

noun:

• smooth unlettered back surface of an old "zeni" coin - archaism ➜ 銭【ぜに】

noun:

• buying in installments; buying in instalments

noun:

• single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
• crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪

noun:

• separation of church and state; separation of religious ritual and government administration - four character idiom

noun:

• Internet of Things; IoT

noun / ~の noun:

• sense of pain

noun:

• type of tray to serve sweets individually ➜ 銘々皿

noun:

• type of comic haiku

noun:

• toilet in a Zen temple ➜ 東司

noun:

• god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

noun:

• mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language) - four character idiom

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

noun:

• new futures on the first trading session of the month

noun:

• products of the south seas

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun:

• built-in device - IT term

noun:

• expert in old writing