noun / ~の noun:

• bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year) ➜ どんど

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year) ➜ どんど

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

noun:

• long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords ➜ 太刀

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会

noun:

• Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 参院予算委員会

noun:

• Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 衆院予算委員会

suffix noun:

• as much as you would like to; as much as one likes ➜ 食べ放題

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sputtering; smoldering - onomatopoeia
• repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly - onomatopoeia
• mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint ［ブスブス・ぶすぶす］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

noun:

• the world; society; the universe
• sphere; circle; world

~の noun:

• renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan

noun:

• realm governed by one Buddha; space - original meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

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

noun:

• track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course); track day; track event