expression:

• You'll pay for this!; You'd better keep your mouth shut!

expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

noun:

• free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom

expression:

• because; the reason why is

noun:

• showing (i.e. being visibly pregnant); someone who is visibly pregnant

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck turn one's way; to have one's fortune change for the better

expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); Now is the time - four character idiom

noun:

• with bare hands; with or from nothing

noun:

• useless person; good-for-nothing - derogatory term

noun:

• great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

expression:

• if I had my due; if times were better

expression:

• all for the best; what is right

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

expression:

• it cannot be helped; there is no other way

expression / conjunction:

• means; is
• because; that is to say - often as というのは...から

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• ghost runner; placeholder used when fewer than 9 members are present on a team - Baseball term

noun:

• person who resorts to petty tricks; a person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks - four character idiom