noun:

• the handwriting of a high-ranking person

noun:

• first cherry blossom of the year

noun:

• commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader

noun:

• the lord of creation; man; mankind

noun:

• scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert of Japanese maths ➜ 和算

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment - Kansai dialect

noun:

• singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects ➜ 虫の音

noun / ~する noun:

• full payment of a tax

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

noun:

• angle of incidence

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch - onomatopoeia

noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun / ~する noun:

• change of name or title; change of era

noun:

• member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives

adjectival noun / noun:

• child born in last half of the year

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

counter:

• counter for songs and poems

noun:

• Statute of Westminster (1931)

noun:

• bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss

noun:

• point-of-sale system; POS

noun:

• provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)

noun:

• emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)

noun:

• rate of production

noun:

• incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation

expression:

• of large diameter