noun:

• king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain

expression / noun:

• Rumble in the Jungle; Foreman vs. Ali boxing match, Oct. 30, 1974; Kinshasa Miracle [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• sucking in

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine in (light); to illuminate ➜ 差し込む【さしこむ】

noun:

• the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) ➜ 五大老

noun:

• height of the neck

noun:

• on-the-spot inspection; on-site inspection

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

noun:

• four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor - Music term

noun:

• China and the Soviet Union ➜ ソ連【ソれん】

prefix:

• Sino-Soviet; Soviet-Chinese ➜ 中ソ国境紛争【ちゅうソこっきょうふんそう】

noun:

• the study of the calendar

noun:

• principle of living only for the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"

expression:

• like dew or lightning, gone in a flash ➜ 如露如電

noun:

• protection against the tide

noun:

• The Pleiades

noun:

• ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• Jack the Ripper

expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

noun:

• focal point of a lens behind the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• common tangent - Mathematics term

noun:

• being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition - four character idiom

noun:

• maximum operating common mode voltage - IT term

noun:

• anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake