noun:

• obstruction of justice

noun:

• grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants) ➜ 白【しろ】・ころころ

noun:

• words and deeds of the people of yore - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• blow striking with the flat of the sword
• to slap ➜ 平手打ち
• metal flattened by striking
• tape; flat braid
• type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers ➜ 簪

noun:

• act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

noun:

• one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom

noun:

• antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane) ➜ 火種

noun:

• pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)

noun:

• Ministry of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China) ➜ 六官

noun:

• department of English literature

noun:

• isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market

noun:

• back of the house

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

noun:

• thick growth of bamboo

expression / noun:

• woman of around thirty - From English "around thirty"

noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• collection of letters; collected letters

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• name of a note in a movable do solfège system - Music term

noun:

• height of a mirror stand

noun:

• a series of arson cases