noun:

• formidable enemy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as an intermediary

noun:

• group pressure; peer pressure

noun:

• enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes) ➜ 榎茸

noun:

• soft water ➜ 硬水

expression:

• how many points

noun:

• throwing knife

noun:

• a bird of summer

adverb:

• confidentially; privately; off the record

noun:

• foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

expression:

• even if nothing else; more than anything else

noun:

• (of a company) internal reserves

noun:

• Cabinet Information Research Office - abbreviation ➜ 内閣情報調査室

noun:

• internal auditor

noun:

• candidate; suitable person

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

expression:

• probably not so - presumptive form of ない

noun:

• instrument used in tea ceremony

ichidan verb:

• to be too long

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to distinguish oneself

noun:

• inner plug (bottle, etc.)

noun:

• drainboard

noun:

• inside job - four character idiom

adverb:

• thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; half-heartedly

adjectival noun:

• halfway; half-done; incomplete

noun:

• for summer