noun:

• Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

noun:

• professionalism; the temperament of a professional

pre-noun adjectival:

• next; the next

noun:

• guardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest

noun:

• Tiliaceae; family of flowering plants, incl. the linden

noun:

• background research; research into the period - four character idiom

noun:

• debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

noun:

• registration of transfer of shares; entry of a change of holders in the register of shareholders

noun / ~する noun:

• setting sail; leaving the shore, dock, etc.

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• Caspiomyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour ➜ 生そば【なまそば】

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• two existences; the present and the future - Buddhism term

noun:

• chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee

noun:

• harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung

noun / ~の noun:

• senator; member of the upper house

expression / ichidan verb:

• to iron; to do the ironing