expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

godan ~く verb:

• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full

noun:

• Asian stubtail (bird), Urosphena squameiceps; family of birds (stubtails), Urosphena, including the Asian stubtail, the Timor stubtail, etc.

noun:

• strutting; sticking out the chest

noun:

• doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus, was Parupeneus bifasciatus); Indian Ocean member of the Parupeneus trifasciatus complex

noun:

• nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power - derogatory term

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• Gomphosus; genus of marine wrasse in the family Labridae

noun:

• Varanus; genus of carnivorous monitor lizards in the family Varanidae

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• Lacerta (constellation); the Lizard

noun:

• helicopter money; stimulating the economy by distributing newly printed money to consumers - Economics term

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

expression:

• good luck!; all the best

~の noun / noun:

• wind-swept; exposed to the wind ➜ 吹き曝し

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure