noun:

• the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to administer the affairs of state

noun:

• Buddha figure carved on a rock face

expression:

• based on; grounded on ➜ 基づく

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

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:

• girth of the abdomen

noun:

• the wisdom eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼

noun:

• off-the-job training

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません

prefix:

• indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

noun:

• short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

noun:

• flat part on the top of the cranium

noun:

• circulation of the blood; apprehension

noun / ~の noun:

• planting in the ground

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to take the name of; to call oneself ➜ 称する
• to pretend; to feign; to purport

noun:

• one's view on love; one's philosophy of love

noun:

• the instant of death - Buddhism term ➜ 四有

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to put on a patronizing air ➜ 風を吹かす

noun:

• starting lines in the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• corporate patronage of the arts and culture - From French "mécénat"

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• the L-word (i.e. love) ➜ 惚れる

noun:

• character traits of the people of a prefecture

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom