noun:

• dead center; dead centre; right in the middle

noun:

• like-new item; used item in mint condition ➜ 新品

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え

noun:

• family working in the forest industry; forestry family

expression:

• late at night; deep in the night

noun:

• critical year in one's life; inauspicious year ➜ 厄年

noun:

• new constitution (in force from 1944); postwar constitution ➜ 大日本帝国憲法・日本国憲法

noun:

• Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August) ➜ 盂蘭盆

noun:

• frivolous age; degenerate period in history; decadent age

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; on the other hand

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to stare in wonder; to be amazed

noun:

• self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen ➜ 生禅

noun:

• self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen ➜ 野狐禅

noun:

• middle jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); middle burner

noun:

• upper jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); upper burner

noun:

• lower jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); lower burner

expression / adjective:

• be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation ➜ 抜き差しならぬ

suffix:

• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk - 掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】・掛かり【かかり】

~の noun / noun:

• one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

noun:

• spring in full bloom; spring at its height

noun:

• benidaizu soybean; crimson soybean (trad. grown in Yamagata)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sulcus; groove in the surface of the brain

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• in the meanwhile; during the time

noun:

• Korean person residing in Japan (esp. North Korean) ➜ 在日韓国人