expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

noun:

• adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

noun:

• hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• (being in) the red; deficit Antonym: 黒字
• red letter; red writing
• corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on