noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

noun:

• Felis; genus containing the domestic cat

noun:

• principle of virtuous government; virtue as the principle of good government

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

expression / noun:

• jealous complaint; the loud bark of a talentless dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month - From English

noun:

• one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate - four character idiom

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Ara (constellation); the Altar - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to boil water; to get the bath ready

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

noun:

• now-now-ism; being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future

noun:

• divine spirit; spirit of the dead

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight ➜ 明け残る

noun:

• reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held ➜ 大内裏

expression:

• one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Amphichaetodon; genus of butterflyfishes in the family Chaetodontidae

noun:

• Cervidae; family comprising the deers

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to screw up; to put the screws on (a person)
• to constrict (someone, something)

noun:

• pung; three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• second in rank; second sign of the Chinese calendar

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes