expression / ~の noun:

• direct from the farm; farm-fresh

noun:

• eighteenth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~の noun:

• the outside

expression / ichidan verb:

• to miss the target

expression:

• on the right as one faces (it)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to plane off the corners

noun:

• forgetting the hardships of the old year
• forgetting one another's age difference

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions - four character idiom

noun:

• direct connection - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• calling someone over the phone many times - colloquialism

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• the two; both

noun:

• common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)

noun:

• being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness - four character idiom

noun:

• the new left (school of thought)

noun:

• direct address - IT term

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• petitioning the Emperor

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• attacking in all directions - four character idiom

noun:

• money handout to stimulate the economy (April 2009)

noun:

• a tax in kind

noun:

• servant of the imperial court - archaism