noun:

• standby electricity consumption; power use by devices on standby; phantom load

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead; the next world ➜ 黄泉【よみ】・黄泉の国

noun:

• female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman

ichidan verb:

• to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk - from 尾行する and 付ける

~の noun / temporal noun:

• last time; the last; the preceding

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier

adverb / noun:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

expression / adjective:

• to ignore; to take no notice of; to give the cold shoulder to; to not associate with; to snub; to refuse to deal with

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

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• cosmic-ray shower; cosmic ray air shower; air shower - Physics term ➜ 空気シャワー

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed

expression:

• what's up with; what's the deal with; what's to be done with - colloquialism

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

noun / ~する noun:

• an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

adverb:

• accompanying; at the same time as; together with - archaism

noun:

• Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

noun / ~の noun:

• worldwide; common to the whole world; universal - four character idiom