noun:

• opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road ➜ 対向車線【たいこうしゃせん】

noun:

• losses; deficit; amount in the red

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be together always (esp. married couple); to be inseparable; to live in perfect harmony

expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms ➜ 世離れる

expression / noun:

• formidable person; shrewd person; someone not to be taken lightly; person of no common order
• certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone
• that sort of person; that kind of person - archaism

noun:

• compared to previous period; quarter-to-quarter basis; from the previous quarter

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

noun:

• isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature

noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• honeycomb toffee; sponge toffee; foam candy from heated brown sugar mixed with baking soda ➜ カルメラ

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

adjective:

• attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy ➜ 格好いい【かっこいい】

noun / ~の noun:

• popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee

noun / adjectival noun:

• many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers - obscure term

expression:

• based on; derived from; building on; beginning with

expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

~の noun:

• within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

adjective:

• nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

noun:

• farewell exhibition; retrospective (exhibition); exhibition in commemoration of retirement

noun:

• harbor seal (Phoca vitulina); harbour seal; common seal

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

noun:

• adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded

noun:

• former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record