noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• people between whom there is tension - From English "tension people"

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説

expression:

• is no match for; can't hold a candle to

adverb:

• strange to say; strangely enough; it is a wonder that

noun:

• internal clock that is always correct - From English "just clock"

expression / adjective:

• it cannot be helped; there is no other way

noun:

• having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic - four character idiom

noun:

• person who is ignorant outside his field - four character idiom

noun:

• person with whom one is having an illicit love affair - four character idiom

noun:

• safe day (one on which conception is unlikely to occur)

noun:

• dangerous day (one on which conception is likely to occur) ➜ 安全日

noun:

• man who is popular with women

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vacant and unthinking
• something that should be there is not

noun:

• email that is returned as undeliverable - IT term - From English "return mail"

expression:

• he that has no child knows not what love is - proverb

noun:

• late autumn that makes it seem like winter is coming

adjectival noun:

• looking like one is in a good mood

expression:

• if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming - traditional belief - obscure term - proverb

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun:

• person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online) - colloquialism ➜ 意識が高い

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound - From English "mono-ruby"

noun:

• person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner ➜ 気難し屋

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)

noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)