noun:

• Felidae; family comprising the cats

expression:

• after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

noun:

• large income earner; people in the higher income brackets

expression / noun:

• third time lucky; third time's the charm - proverb

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun:

• sacred ground; the Pure Land

noun:

• coxarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the hip

noun:

• turning evil into good through indoctrination; following the teachings of Buddha to turn the world's evil into good - Buddhism term

noun:

• being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a phone call; to answer the phone ➜ 電話に出る【でんわにでる】

noun:

• Cetus (constellation); the Whale - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

noun / ~する noun:

• climbing to a high spot; ascending the throne

noun:

• Fauvism; the Fauvists ➜ フォーヴィスム

noun:

• Chiroptera; order comprising the bats

noun:

• high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature - four character idiom
• beautifully (skillfully) played music

noun:

• (dead) end; end of the line

noun:

• dark age; the Dark Ages

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• shelved; stifled; not see the light of day; remain obscure

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

noun:

• alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth ➜ 歯茎

noun:

• investigator; one who seeks the way

noun:

• Gruidae; bird family comprising the cranes