expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color ➜ 氷染染料・ナフトール染料【ナフトールせんりょう】

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan - Law term ➜ 外国会社

noun:

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

expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• buffer (full) error (i.e. space cannot be reserved as it is full)

noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

adverb / ~の noun:

• strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)

noun:

• Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)

noun:

• man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; omnivore [literal]

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special