noun:

• debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

noun:

• registration of transfer of shares; entry of a change of holders in the register of shareholders

noun / ~する noun:

• setting sail; leaving the shore, dock, etc.

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• Caspiomyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour ➜ 生そば【なまそば】

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• two existences; the present and the future - Buddhism term

noun:

• chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung

noun / ~の noun:

• senator; member of the upper house

expression / ichidan verb:

• to iron; to do the ironing

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• Sphyrnidae; family containing the nine known species of hammerhead sharks

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting