noun:

• gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

noun:

• hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over

noun / ~の noun:

• consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home) - From English "eat in"

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

expression:

• having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

expression:

• it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to get along well with; to make a go of it

expression:

• Have it your way; To hell with you!; Get rooted!; Bugger you!

noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear ➜ 臨機応変

conjunction:

• in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

expression:

• as expected; just as I thought it would; that is exactly why... - archaism

noun:

• lick
• tasting medicine to see if it contains poison; medicine-taster - archaism

conjunction:

• without; in the event that it did not (or does not) exist ➜ 無くしては

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term