noun / adjectival noun:

• varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will - four character idiom

noun:

• having something of the old-time samurai about one - four character idiom

noun:

• closely examining (questioning) the concrete circumstances of a crime - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy - four character idiom

noun:

• according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things - four character idiom

noun:

• endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• any fish of family Merlucciidae (which includes the hakes) - From Spanish "merluza"

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - archaism

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - obscure term

noun:

• Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 星宿・二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• Singapore

expression:

• job-related; in the course of one's work

noun:

• (Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People ➜ 三民主義

noun:

• member states of the former Soviet bloc

noun:

• hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) ➜ 半身不随

noun:

• hyperuricemia (increased levels of uric acid in the blood)

noun:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

noun:

• mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)

noun:

• Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

noun:

• the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China - Buddhism term

noun:

• vestibular bulb (aggregation of erectile tissue within the clitoris)

noun:

• Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit ➜ アートマン

noun:

• Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Xing dynasty) ➜ 会党

noun:

• Arisaema serratum (species of jack-in-the-pulpit)