noun:

• province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving for the provinces - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to revise (amend) the law

noun:

• the same event; no change (on the stock market)

noun / ~する noun:

• votive lantern in a shrine or temple

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• blotting out characters with ink

noun / ~の noun:

• the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• the cream (pink) of fashion

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to sit around the fire

noun:

• style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof, and are connected via an intermediate passageway

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom ➜ 天に唾する【てんにつばする】

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

noun:

• the farthest ends; the furthest ends

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight) - orig. written as 牛皮 ➜ 求肥飴

noun:

• the whole family; the whole house

expression / adverb:

• after efforts in vain

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• vinyl drainpipe with fins

godan ~う verb:

• to engage in (mutual) competition

noun / ~する noun:

• basking in the sun

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be on the brink of death - abbreviation ➜ 命旦夕に迫る

noun:

• income tax withheld at the source

expression:

• the reason(s) is (are) as follows

expression:

• to tell the truth; in actuality; in reality

noun:

• covered in blood