noun / suffix noun:

• contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.) ➜ 月極め・日極め

noun:

• set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow - four character idiom

expression:

• apropos of nothing; to change the subject

noun:

• Eridanus (constellation); the River - From Latin

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

expression:

• as always; the same as it always is

noun:

• Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines ［モロ］

adverb:

• conspicuously; openly - colloquialism
• completely; entirely; perfectly; wonderfully - colloquialism

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• Mothers; Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush

noun:

• Schroederichthys; genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae

noun:

• civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves

noun:

• influential family; the man in power

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

noun:

• ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house

expression / ~の noun:

• domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• fast asleep; dead to the world

noun:

• Web text; text from the Web - IT term

noun:

• vulgar ears; attention of the masses

noun:

• dressed carcass; meat on the bone

noun:

• Ebenaceae; family of flowering plants including the ebony

expression:

• whatever misfortune happens; even if spears fall out of the sky [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが【あめがふろうがやりがふろうが】