noun:

• strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering - four character idiom

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

noun:

• career technician; man in the technical line

noun:

• loss-making business; company operating in the red

expression:

• all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end - proverb

noun:

• All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

noun:

• Atelomycterus; genus of five species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae

noun:

• Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• 5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar

expression:

• coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework

noun:

• feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life - four character idiom

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

noun:

• horizon; point where the sky meets the earth

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

noun:

• Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

noun:

• professionalism; the temperament of a professional

pre-noun adjectival:

• next; the next

noun:

• guardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest

noun:

• Tiliaceae; family of flowering plants, incl. the linden

noun:

• background research; research into the period - four character idiom