expression:

• with the election around the corner

noun:

• truth in lending act

noun:

• caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

adverb:

• suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

noun:

• checking the colors on a colored proof (colour)

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

noun:

• the next-door neighbour (neighbor) - honorific language ➜ 隣

noun:

• at the moment

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to confine; to contain

expression:

• when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• God the Father

noun:

• language of the enemy

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)

noun:

• city built according to the principles of fengshui ➜ 風水

pre-noun adjectival:

• of the time; at the time ➜ 時【とき】

noun:

• mass or ceremony for the repose of a soul

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with evident joy of having lived up to one's reputation; having an effect of bolstering one's reputation - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let someone have the credit for (a success); to let someone else carry the flowers [literal]

noun:

• worker with a fixed term contract of employment - abbreviation ➜ 期間契約社員

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮紙

noun / ~する noun:

• being found out wearing (cheap) clothes from the clothing chain Uniqlo - abbreviation - slang ➜ ばれる

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender - proverb ➜ その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell