expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
• to be declared the winner - idiom

noun:

• race; tribe; ethnic group
• species; genus; family
• stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III) - Astronomy term

noun:

• shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)
• bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

noun:

• fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly ➜ 実蠅

expression / adjective:

• talkative; loquacious; garrulous; voluble

expression:

• having a large family to support; having too many mouths to feed

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)

noun:

• Rhincodontidae; family of whale sharks containing only one species of one genus, Rhincodon typus

noun:

• arch of the foot; plantar arch; (the part that) does not step on the ground [literal]

noun:

• the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead

noun:

• the chosen one; the chosen ones; the select few

noun:

• scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year

noun:

• taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
• subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal - From English "goal in"
• getting married - colloquialism

adverbial noun / noun:

• all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈