noun:

• Satori; folklore monster that can read minds ➜ 悟る・悟る

expression / noun:

• calm before a storm; lull before the storm

expression:

• When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom ➜ 狡兎死して走狗烹らる

noun:

• rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

noun:

• the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

expression / adverb:

• without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to perform the last rites over the deceased
• to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma; Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 法華経

noun:

• midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• one cup after another; cup by cup - four character idiom
• to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; breaking even - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun:

• priority seat; courtesy seat; seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.

noun:

• youth
• child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing)

prefix noun / suffix noun:

• young; new

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see