noun:

• existing law; existing laws; laws in force

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bloom late; to remain in bloom

noun:

• the matter in question; the aforesaid matter

noun / ~する noun:

• world record; establishing a world record (in)

noun:

• close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting

noun:

• training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• what if (as in "what if" stories)

noun:

• garden soil; soil used in a garden

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud ➜ 泥遊び【どろあそび】

noun:

• town girl; girl raised in a town - obscure term

noun:

• disparity in technology; technological gap; technology gap

noun:

• educational support; assistance in education; educational assistance

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting

expression / noun:

• gold letters; letters written in gold paint ➜ 金文字

noun:

• overall victory; victory in the overall standings

noun:

• placer gold; gold found in placer deposits ➜ 砂鉱

noun:

• reduction in working hours; shorter working hours

noun / ~する noun:

• reefing a sail; bringing in a sail

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• student council (details vary widely but a body of students that takes part in overseeing student behaviour or student activities)