下

unification of the whole country

Proverb

it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

semibasement; semi-basement

please refrain (from)

Colloquial

"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates

stopover (during a train or bus journey)

to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost

Idiomatic expression

one's last resort; trump card

Orig. meaning

treasured family sword

Colloquial

to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation

command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition

Orig. meaning

descent from heaven

to take a load off

below zero; sub-zero

being under military occupation

going downstream (in a boat)

ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun; Usu. 〜に

without a doubt; completely

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

something out of the question; something outrageous; something that can't be brought up

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

being utterly inferior; being helpless

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

misery; wretchedness; a deplorable state

Archaic; Archaic/formal form of na-adjective; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

to an extreme degree; to a terrible extent

Sumo

third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division

sinking; subsidence

henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

the whole world; throughout heaven and earth

handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command

jumping off

to hang down; to dangle

to blow down upon