expression / noun:

• final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered (defense) - idiom

noun:

• lacuna; gap where something is lacked

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる

noun:

• workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

noun:

• know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

noun:

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

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - idiom

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

noun:

• petty officer (IJN, RN); petty officer second class (USN) - Military term

expression:

• ignoring; acting as if it is nothing ➜ 物ともせず

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

expression:

• according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states - abbreviation ➜ と書いてある【とかいてある】

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

expression:

• according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• treating somebody as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter
• woman who manages geisha (Edo period) - archaism

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

noun:

• first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school ➜ 中学校

~の noun:

• strongest ever; most powerful in history

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

conjunction:

• because; the reason why is ➜ なぜかというと