noun:

• normal goods (i.e. goods for which demand increases when consumer's income increases) ➜ 上級財・優等財

noun:

• imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation

expression:

• It's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody - idiom

noun:

• store buying and selling metal utensils and tools; hardware store; ironmonger's shop

noun:

• marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

suffix:

• seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

noun:

• tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
• heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
• demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
• type of fish one did not intend to catch

expression:

• though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

expression / adverb:

• before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
• of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others

noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節

noun:

• destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru" - abbreviation ➜ サ行変格活用

noun:

• wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
• The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)

expression:

• What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events

noun:

• bulk modulus; volume elasticity; volume modulus; measure of a substance's resistance to uniform compression

noun:

• favourite printing (edition); favorite printing; collector's edition

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to win over; to win another's heart

noun:

• Pauli exclusion principle; Pauli's principle - Physics term