noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

noun:

• Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami - archaism ➜ オノコロ島

noun:

• Fornax (constellation); the Furnace - Astronomy term

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

expression:

• quietly; without the slightest movement

noun:

• Ichthyomyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• Libra (constellation); the Scales

noun:

• miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word - four character idiom ➜ 魯魚の誤り【ろぎょのあやまり】

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

noun:

• study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to equivocate; to beat around the bush

noun:

• wealthy people; the rich

noun / suffix noun:

• contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.) ➜ 月極め・日極め

noun:

• set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow - four character idiom

expression:

• apropos of nothing; to change the subject

noun:

• Eridanus (constellation); the River - From Latin

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

expression:

• as always; the same as it always is

noun:

• Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines ［モロ］

adverb:

• conspicuously; openly - colloquialism
• completely; entirely; perfectly; wonderfully - colloquialism

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom