noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular - four character idiom

expression:

• the sooner, the better

expression / adjective:

• the more, the better ➜ 多ければ多いほどいい【おおければおおいほどいい】

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

noun:

• the economic boom of the mid-1950s - four character idiom

noun:

• the grief or feelings of the Emperor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the profit over the fame

noun:

• debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy

noun:

• the first bonito of the season

noun:

• compatibility between the pot and the bonsai

noun:

• rank of the emperor; the imperial throne ➜ 皇位

noun:

• rank of the emperor; the imperial throne ➜ 皇位

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving at the convenience of the company ➜ 自己都合退職

noun:

• Corvus (constellation); the Crow; the Raven - Astronomy term

noun:

• song in the style of the Heikyoku ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender - proverb ➜ その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず

noun:

• two existences; the present and the future - Buddhism term

noun:

• sending off the spirits of the dead ➜ 魂送り

expression:

• given the circumstances; such being the case

expression:

• given the circumstances; such being the case

noun:

• makizushi with the rice on the outside - Food term ➜ 巻き寿司【まきずし】

noun:

• by the end of the year

noun / adverbial noun:

• at the meeting; on the occasion

noun:

• consoling the spirits of the dead

noun / ~する noun:

• the end of the rainy season