noun:

• dead center; dead centre; right in the middle

noun / expression:

• another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world

noun:

• pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - obscure term - Astronomy term ➜ ポラリス

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way - esp. 道を空ける
• to pave the way for; to open up opportunity - esp. 道を開ける

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping out of; straggling; falling out of the ranks

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

adjective:

• novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

noun / adverb:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りっ丈

noun / ~する noun:

• wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

noun:

• Shōwa restoration; Showa restoration; call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s

noun:

• shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute ➜ 三味線

noun:

• tympanites; abdominal dropsy; bloating of the abdominal region - Medicine term

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

noun:

• reporting location; interview location; field interview; on-the-scene coverage

noun / adverb:

• as ever; as usual; the same - often derog. ➜ 相変らず

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

noun:

• encephalomalacia; cerebromalacia; cerebral softening; softening of the brain - Medicine term

~の noun:

• perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"