noun:

• relieving the sufferings of the people

expression:

• with the election around the corner

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience

noun:

• the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

noun:

• pushing the opponent with the torso - Sumo term

noun:

• the babyboomers; the baby boom generation - four character idiom

noun:

• the works (of the gods) - archaism - honorific language

expression:

• the mediocre cannot understand the great - proverb - sensitive ➜ 群盲象を撫でる

expression / noun:

• the last moment; the very end

noun:

• the six tools of the ninja - かぎ縄, 編み笠, 石筆, 三尺手ぬぐい, 薬, 打ち竹

noun:

• the end of the Cold War

noun:

• the opposite direction; the other way

noun:

• the principle of the thing

noun:

• the middle-aged and the elderly

noun:

• the ten good acts - Buddhism term ➜ 十悪
• the emperor ➜ 十善の君

noun:

• obstinacy - Buddhism term
• atman; the self; the ego

noun:

• The Chronicles (books of the Bible)

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

expression:

• the early bird catches the worm - proverb

expression / ~の noun:

• under the ... administration; within the ... government - often 政権下で

expression / adjective:

• after the good comes the bad

expression / adjective:

• holding the attention of the audience ➜ 聴衆を飽かさない【ちょうしゅうをあかさない】

noun:

• educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

ichidan verb:

• to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone