expression:

• "There is a huge markup in medicines." - four character idiom

adverb:

• piled up high; in a heap ➜ 堆い

noun:

• life in a foreign country; living abroad

noun:

• laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption - four character idiom

noun:

• lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization - four character idiom

noun:

• unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

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

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely; all - onomatopoeia
• in large amounts; a lot - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Ministry of Culture (e.g. in China)

noun:

• footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

noun:

• deflagration
• knocking (e.g. in car engines)

noun:

• roleplay (e.g. in RPG computer games) - abbreviation ➜ ロールプレイ

noun:

• roleplay (e.g. in computer RPG games)

noun:

• writing or drawing in ink

noun:

• pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

noun:

• fish, shellfish, etc. boiled in salted water

noun:

• noodles made in flat strips - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something floating or sinking in water - onomatopoeia

noun:

• summary (e.g. in a thesis); summation

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform

noun:

• Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)

expression:

• to be in a state of confusion

expression / ~の noun:

• in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

noun:

• initiation of debate (e.g. in parliament)