noun:

• subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

expression:

• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...
• whether or not

noun:

• wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) ➜ 通夜

noun:

• mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)

noun:

• special tile that doubles the score of any hand - Mahjong term

expression:

• given the situation; now that it has come to this

noun:

• concept that all things and phenomena reflect the truth - Buddhism term

noun:

• penis - children's language ➜ おちんちん・ちんぼ

adverb / ~と adverb:

• chink; jingle; tinkle; whistle (kettle) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• begging (animal)

noun:

• jealousy
• black porgy juvenile ➜ クロダイ
• flirting; fondling ➜ ちんちんかもかも
• children's game in which one hops on one foot ➜ ちんちんもがもが

noun:

• swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
• sipping; sip
• thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

noun:

• entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field (skill); one-talent oriented entrance examination - four character idiom

noun:

• person in the same business; the profession; the trade

noun:

• the whole nation; all the people in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the average Joe; the man in the street

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun:

• one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

expression / noun:

• heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

noun:

• depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure - four character idiom

expression:

• the way one talks; one's way of speaking

noun:

• lightning rod; lightning conductor; lightning arrester
• charm that protects one from lightning

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

noun:

• one who loves novelty; one who goes after all the latest fads

noun / ~する noun:

• admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

noun:

• one place; the same place
• one person - honorific language - archaism ➜ 一人【ひとり】
• together ［いっしょ］ - archaism ➜ 一緒【いっしょ】

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び