expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む【もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ】

noun:

• two-dimensional complex; people more interested in two-dimensional (i.e. anime or manga) girls than real people

noun:

• backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
• backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

noun:

• Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross

expression:

• grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush [literal] - proverb

noun:

• shitpost; worthless post or thread in an Internet forum - slang ➜ スレ

adjective:

• yellowish; tinged with yellow

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting

noun / ~する noun:

• going west; leaving for the west

conjunction:

• because; the reason being - archaism
• while; during

adverb:

• to the extent that; more and more ➜ 程

noun / ~する noun:

• north face; north side; the north; facing north

noun:

• fatwa; legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue - From Arabic "fatwa"

noun:

• my wife; "the wife"

noun:

• half; cutting in two

noun:

• karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines

noun:

• milk-based candy; sweet made with milk

noun:

• diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment - four character idiom ➜ 敵は本能寺にあり

noun:

• crépinette; flat sausage wrapped in pork caul - From French

noun:

• mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - idiom ➜ 掬う

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

expression:

• an eye for people; the ability to judge character

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

noun:

• oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi - かんとだき is ksb and かんとに is Nagoya-ben ➜ 御田

noun:

• free price; price determined by the seller, not the distributor or government