expression:

• current of the times

expression:

• in the same way as; just like

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• right in the midst of; right at the height of

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• cooperation between the private and public sectors

noun:

• the papacy

noun / ~する noun:

• the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay hands on; to touch
• to care for; to look after
• to make off with; to steal

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

expression:

• rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language

noun:

• folding bench at the front of traditional townhouses - obscure term ➜ ばったり床几・町家【まちや】

noun:

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

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the target

noun:

• the exact sciences

noun:

• the start of a climb up a hill

expression:

• better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• twelfth day of the month
• twelve days

noun:

• the world; the universe - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole nation; all the people

noun:

• outside the rankings - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work

noun:

• inflow of the tide