expression / adverb:

• (on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

noun:

• indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree - Law term ➜ 直接正犯

noun / ~する noun:

• squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power

godan ~る verb:

• to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

noun:

• presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce - Law term

noun:

• one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

noun:

• favored geisha; beloved geisha; geisha somebody is showing favor to

noun:

• straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

expression:

• without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

~の noun:

• farthest; furthest; most remote

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• dead lay; starfish; woman who is inactive during sexual intercourse - slang - vulgar ➜ マグロ

noun:

• subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular - four character idiom

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• regaining the lead; turning the tables (again); second reversal

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority ➜ 通がる

adverb:

• unlike a woman; unwomanly; woman that she is

noun:

• having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic - four character idiom

noun:

• rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority