noun / ~する noun:

• selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

noun:

• (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity - four character idiom

noun:

• brief remark; few words
• one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

noun / ~する noun:

• fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

noun / ~の noun:

• atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

noun:

• (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity - four character idiom

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell - four character idiom

expression:

• not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

noun:

• plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

noun:

• bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
• creases in an eboshi hat

noun:

• secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence) - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)

noun:

• knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• immobiliser (electronic device that prevents an automobile engine from running without the key); immobilizer

expression:

• no return (e.g. after buying something at an auction)

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• interesting (person, personality, manner); tasteful; pleasantly different; charming

expression:

• to have an interest (in something)

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー