noun:

• toll-free number - From English "free dial"
• free dial (e.g. device or combination lock that can be set to any number)

noun:

• whereabouts; place; location
• place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

adverb / ~の noun:

• for the first time ➜ 始める

adverb:

• only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... - after the -te form of a verb

noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

expression:

• it's not just someone else's problem

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• food desert; area where it is difficult to buy food

expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

expression:

• it's the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's fault; LDP-blamer - from 自民が ..; used to mock critics of the LDP - slang - derogatory term ➜ 自民党

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

noun:

• four-color theorem (colour) (theorem stating that any map can be colored such that no two adjacent segments have the same color, if only four colors are used)

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

expression:

• obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

expression:

• whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it ➜ 舞楽

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
• to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
• to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term

noun:

• dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
• end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

noun:

• Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

noun:

• buffer (full) error (i.e. space cannot be reserved as it is full)

noun:

• crime of conscience
• premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be - originally considered an incorrect usage - colloquialism

noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals - four character idiom