expression / ichidan verb:

• to know much of the world

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lament the end of spring

noun:

• chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 念仏

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on the bright side

noun:

• outing to the fields and mountains

expression / godan ~す verb:

• for the time to be ripe

expression / ~よい adjective:

• what's the best thing to do?

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to the countryside - From English "I-turn"

noun:

• offering to the Buddha (often rice)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise the bar

noun / ~する noun:

• misdelivery; sending to the wrong place

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

ichidan verb:

• to begin to write; to begin writing - esp. 書き始める
• to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting - esp. 描き始める

noun:

• district; county ［ぐん］
• district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period) ➜ 国郡里制

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders

noun:

• Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver ➜ 五節句

noun:

• sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror) ➜ 三種の神器
• implement used in religious ceremonies

noun / ~する noun:

• kiss - colloquialism

noun / ~と adverb:

• squeak (as in the sound made by mice)
• sound of liquid being sucked up

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - From English "counter stop" ➜ カンスト