noun:

• breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck - slang - vulgar

expression:

• the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

expression:

• spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

noun:

• children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck - archaism

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

adverb:

• anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what
• at best; at most

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• (telephone) call; (telephone) ring

noun:

• shout; call; chant
• call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money - abbreviation ➜ コールローン・コールマネー
• coal

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• cold - Kansai dialect ➜ コールド

noun:

• period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• a few minutes later; after a few minutes

noun:

• dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior - four character idiom

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• vocation; lifework; calling
• sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period) ➜ 天神

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

noun:

• wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
• going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with
• to rear; to look after