expression:

• early post war period; immediately after the war

noun / ~の noun:

• epidemiology; the study of epidemics

godan ~む verb:

• to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

noun:

• Vajrapani; wielder of the vajra - Buddhism term

noun:

• phimosis; tightening of the foreskin - colloquialism

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• down-town; the lower town
• minor road

noun:

• sulcus; groove in the surface of the brain

noun:

• eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term

noun:

• side-foot (e.g. in soccer); kick with the side of the foot - From English "sidekick"
• side kick (e.g. in martial arts)
• sidekick; companion

noun:

• radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• end of a period; end of the world

noun:

• Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)

expression:

• innocent-looking; looking as though butter would not melt in the mouth

noun:

• aqua polis; city on water

noun:

• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

noun:

• workers; men on duty

noun:

• Virgo (constellation); the Virgin

noun:

• low-grade prostitute; prostitute working from boats on the Sumida River

noun:

• what day?; what day of the week?

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

noun:

• Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one - four character idiom

noun:

• eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil - four character idiom