expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため・タメを張る

noun:

• rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky

noun:

• ice color; insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice dye ➜ 氷染染料

expression:

• if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
• to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
• to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks) - vulgar

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

expression:

• as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell ➜ 関する

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】

expression:

• there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people