expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun / suffix noun:

• contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.) ➜ 月極め・日極め

noun:

• the art of giving a brief glimpse of something (e.g. one's underwear)

noun:

• great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark)

noun:

• Pleiades (in Greek mythology)
• Pleiades; the Seven Sisters - Astronomy term ➜ プレアデス星団【プレアデスせいだん】

suffix:

• first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• redbelly tilapia (Tilapia zillii, fish of the family Cichlidae found in Africa and Eurasia)

noun:

• healing crisis; cleansing reaction; reaction during the elimination of toxins after antibiotic, etc. treatment

noun:

• Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism)
• Brahma; Hindu creator god
• Sanskrit - abbreviation ➜ 梵語

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; miso and shit are the same [literal] - idiom ➜ 味噌

noun:

• survivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

noun:

• the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how)

noun:

• infectious disease; plague; epidemic - esp. 疫病み - archaism
• ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name) - esp. 瘧 - archaism

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

noun / ~する noun:

• recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

expression:

• one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

noun:

• C ration; canned wet ration formerly used by the U.S. military - Military term

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚