noun:

• duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one's business) - four character idiom

noun:

• war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"

noun:

• Minister of Labour

noun:

• term of address for a teacher; Confucius

noun:

• large sum of money

noun:

• price of silk thread

noun:

• mechanics of materials; material mechanics

expression:

• to have a narrow view of things - idiom

noun:

• ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• concentration of thought

noun:

• Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt) ➜ 環太平洋火山帯

noun:

• breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty

noun:

• alumni of Waseda University

noun:

• focal point of a lens behind the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• law of identity; principle of identity

noun:

• area of clear sky

noun:

• anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

noun:

• fall of a wall - e.g. ベルリンの壁崩壊

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed - idiom ➜ 楽髪

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun:

• facial expression of feigned ignorance

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

noun:

• long spell of rain - obsolete term