noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 企業短期経済観測調査【きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ】

noun:

• the aged; old person - From Chinese "lǎotóur"

noun:

• the impermanence of worldly things; All worldly things are transitory - four character idiom ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• the seal of state

noun:

• Second Epistle to the Corinthians (book of the Bible)

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・ピー柿

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

noun:

• the Blue House (South Korea's presidential palace)

noun:

• the masses; common people

noun:

• tide of the times

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• the whole realm - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be full to the brim

expression:

• follow the person to your right (command to form a line)
• following someone's example; imitating someone; following suit

noun:

• journeying to Song China during the Heian and Kamakura periods - archaism

noun:

• last session (trading day, trading) of the year

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull the trigger; to pull a trigger

noun:

• rate of advancement to the next higher level of education

noun:

• ceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms - Sumo term

noun:

• group that goes ahead of the main body

noun:

• man of the world

noun:

• welcoming the spirits of the dead

noun:

• arguments for the existence of God