expression / adjective:

• not in the least

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• freely adaptable, very flexible, nimble in adaptation - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stop in the middle of a sentence

noun:

• in mourning

noun / ~する noun:

• zoom in ➜ ズームアウト

noun:

• making a living in the red-light district - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in those days; at the time; then ➜ その頃【そのころ】

noun:

• poke in the forehead

noun:

• ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period) - obscure term

noun:

• group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration)

noun:

• hanging curtain used in place of a wall (Heian period) - archaism ➜ とばり

noun:

• (while) holding a post or being in office

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• voiced consonant in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 清音・半濁音・濁点

noun:

• song in the style of the Heikyoku ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grow in clusters

noun:

• traveling inspectors sent by the Shogun in the Edo period

noun:

• arriving in America

expression:

• continued luck in the fortunes of war - four character idiom

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy

noun:

• udon noodles in broth (no trimmings) ➜ 掛けうどん

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper - idiom
• to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to sell in haste

noun:

• drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

noun:

• monument to the faithful who died in battle