expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils - from Mickey Mouse - Kansai dialect ➜ ボンナイフ

noun / ~する noun:

• reading but not responding to a text message (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

expression:

• 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 - proverb

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

noun:

• batter or base runner's right to advance a base - Baseball term - From English "entitle" ➜ エンタイトルツーベース

noun:

• helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink

noun:

• light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

noun / ~する noun:

• telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret

expression:

• to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

expression:

• to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom