noun:

• Shuhari; three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom - Martial Arts term

noun:

• competitors' products; others on the market

ichidan verb:

• to make somebody believe (something); to give somebody the impression

noun:

• reading in unison; saying the same thing

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

noun / ~する noun:

• setting a place; setting the table

expression:

• be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled

conjunction:

• because; the reason why is ➜ なぜかというと

expression / noun:

• fiscal cliff; sharp decline in the United States budget deficit that could have occurred beginning in 2013

expression:

• invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy! - four character idiom

noun:

• a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one - four character idiom

noun:

• rice and salt; the necessities of life

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• similar; of the same type

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort

noun:

• left-wing party; party of the left

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

noun:

• blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

noun:

• semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

noun:

• festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions ➜ 祝い箸【いわいばし】

noun:

• Reticulum (constellation); the Reticle - レチクル is from Latin - Astronomy term

noun:

• eastern hemisphere; the Orient ➜ 西半球

noun / ~する noun:

• turn (stroke) of good fortune; one's fortune turning for the better - four character idiom

noun:

• miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝