expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• refreshing and pleasant autumn

noun:

• line of regents and advisers (advisors)

noun:

• people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

noun:

• Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays

noun:

• here and there; in places

noun:

• manufacture and sales - abbreviation ➜ 製造販売
• vertical integration

noun:

• Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958) - abbreviation ➜ 銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

expression:

• just you wait and see (as a threat)

noun:

• fuel and water; firewood and water
• gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework

noun:

• Numerical Analysis and Prediction System; NAPS

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I (dominant 1950s yokozuna) - Sumo term ➜ 栃若時代

noun:

• main point and details

noun:

• Japan, the United States and South Korea

noun:

• claws and fangs; claws and tusks
• clutches; devious design; means of causing harm; weapon
• pawn; stooge; cat's-paw
• right-hand man

noun:

• erudite and refined; handsome

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce - Food term

noun:

• blending of the classical and colloquial styles - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to find it hard to say

noun:

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)

expression / noun:

• anyone and everyone; anybody at all

noun:

• mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making