下

beautiful scenery

drooping pine

Organization name

The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management

Samuel II (book of the Bible)

Sumo

pulling underarm throw

very short-lived regime; very brief reign; (Napoleon's post-Elba) Hundred Days

raising and lowering; praising and blaming

doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction

go-between; matchmaker

Organization name

Noncommissioned Officer Academy

Jocular, humorous term

man purported to bring bad luck to the woman he is near or has sex with

have a happy New Year

Proverb

a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

Computing

least significant bit; LSB

falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash

devaluation

shade of a tree

Anatomy

hypoglossal nerve

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

Colloquial

woman purported to bring bad luck to the man she is near or has sex with

Medicine

mumps; parotitis

party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate

to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner