expression:

• Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

expression:

• fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

noun / ~する noun:

• ascension (into heaven); the Ascension
• death

noun / ~の noun:

• scorching heat; fierce glare of the sun

noun:

• financial circles; the financial community

noun:

• Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north - derogatory term ➜ 北狄

noun:

• Hemitaurichthys; genus of tropical butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae

noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

noun:

• Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami - archaism ➜ オノコロ島

noun:

• Fornax (constellation); the Furnace - Astronomy term

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

expression:

• quietly; without the slightest movement

noun:

• Ichthyomyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• Libra (constellation); the Scales

noun:

• miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word - four character idiom ➜ 魯魚の誤り【ろぎょのあやまり】

noun:

• purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

noun:

• study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to equivocate; to beat around the bush

noun:

• wealthy people; the rich