noun:

• national review (as an act of a peoples' sovereignty)

noun:

• failing to honor (honour) an installment payment (instalment)

noun:

• kan ecology (beautifying an area by picking up cans)

noun:

• black sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 白酒【しろき】

noun / ~する noun:

• agency; charge; management; act as an owner's agent

noun:

• the place where one is sent on an errand

expression / adjective:

• didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be caught in an evening shower

noun:

• outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer - often はた目に

noun:

• suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture

noun:

• drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack

noun:

• a patient's condition; the state of an illness

noun:

• place for an aeroplane to take target practice (airplane)

noun:

• telegram sent by an emperor or head of state

adverb:

• determining an attitude or response according to the opponent - four character idiom

noun:

• letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character
• matrix; printing type ➜ 母型

noun:

• men ➜ 女衆
• manservant ➜ 女衆
• male attendants to an actor

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

noun / ~の noun:

• pseudopodium; pseudopod (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell)

noun:

• looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• flourishing; teeming with culture; aromatic; emitting an aroma

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make an attempt on a person's life

noun:

• neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay - four character idiom

noun:

• housing development designed with an eye toward energy conservation - abbreviation

noun:

• protest advertising (on an issue by a pressure group)