noun:

• tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission

noun:

• wealthy people; the rich ➜ 富裕層

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know something by direct experience; to know through the skin [literal]

expression:

• don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people) - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing

noun:

• Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

noun:

• newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615

adverb:

• holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

noun:

• morally; from the moral point of view

noun:

• bribe; money under the table

noun:

• hairline; borders of the hair

expression:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

noun:

• pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt - Sumo term

godan ~つ verb:

• to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - From German ➜ メシウマ

suffix / conjunction:

• as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course
• though possible as it may be

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

expression:

• late at night; deep in the night

noun:

• Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon

noun:

• going before; the future

noun:

• Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata); Pacific three-toothed lamprey