expression:

• no news is good news - proverb

conjunction:

• even though it is not; despite not ➜ まい

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical) - familiar language - Kansai dialect ➜ かい

adverb:

• unlike a woman; unwomanly; woman that she is

noun:

• leaving something where it is; abandoning something

expression:

• and what is worse; to make matters worse

expression:

• to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong - idiom - obscure term

noun:

• wort (beer before yeast is added); sweet wort

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... - Kansai dialect

expression:

• if you need; if it is necessary

expression / noun:

• entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

noun:

• "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)

noun:

• restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend - four character idiom

noun:

• waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise

noun / ~の noun:

• bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨

noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

expression:

• to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding ➜ 取る

expression / adjective:

• have no choice
• there is nothing but
• no more than

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... - polite language ➜ のです

noun:

• summery mountain
• mountain that is often climbed in summer