noun:

• concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

expression:

• This world is uncertain (cruel) like a burning house - four character idiom

expression:

• (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK - colloquialism ➜ 何でもいい

suffix:

• (something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea) ➜ 下痢止め

adverb / prefix noun:

• instantly; immediately; at once

interjection:

• that is (to say); namely

noun:

• place where a stationary fishing net is spread out ➜ 定置網

noun:

• conduct that is immoral and lacking in common sense - obscure term

expression / adjective:

• not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly ➜ 言うことを聞く【いうことをきく】

noun:

• great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

noun:

• workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

expression:

• if a cat washes its face, rain is coming - traditional belief - proverb

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun / ~する noun:

• disconnecting from an online game because one is losing - slang

noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

noun:

• burglary (carried out while a house is temporarily vacated)

expression:

• seeing is enjoying - proverb
• looking doesn't cost a thing - proverb

noun:

• platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び