noun:

• Japan; the (Japanese) empire

noun:

• all people; the whole nation

noun:

• living in seclusion; retired from the world - four character idiom

noun:

• forelock; hair on top of the head

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• buddy system; the idea that divers always dive with a buddy to assist each other

noun:

• minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)

noun:

• concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China

noun / ~する noun:

• Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

noun:

• penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark - Sports term

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

noun:

• Varecia; genus comprising the ruffed lemurs

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

noun:

• Urotrichus; genus containing the Japanese shrew mole

noun:

• stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate - archaism

noun:

• Musca (constellation); the Fly - Astronomy term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• as if; the very thing itself

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

noun:

• 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun:

• setting moon; moon setting in the West