expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

noun:

• Kannon (Boddhisattva); Kwannon; Avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation); Guan Yin; Kuan Yin - Buddhism term ➜ 観音菩薩【かんのんぼさつ】・観音【かんのん】

noun:

• mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour ➜ 餅【もち】・餡・青きな粉

noun:

• married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)

noun:

• Donaldson trout (hybrid of steelhead, cutthroat, and rainbow trout) - From English "trout salmon"

noun:

• latte; caffè latte - abbreviation ➜ カフェラテ
• radio and television ［ラテ］ - abbreviation ➜ ラジオ・テレビ
• rat (esp. laboratory or pet) ［ラッテ］ - From German "Ratte" ➜ ラット

noun:

• anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

noun:

• having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】

expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush

noun:

• ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth - Food term

noun:

• loitering at night (between 11 pm and 4 am); late-night prowling

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die - 氏ね, 市ね are net slang ➜ 死ぬ

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• coming and going; traffic

noun:

• road; street

noun / ~する noun:

• association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits
• recurring (e.g. thoughts)
• correspondence

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term