adverb:

• confidentially; privately; off the record

noun:

• gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities - four character idiom

adverb:

• like; as if; the same as ➜ 如し

noun:

• Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen; to surround with smoke [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

noun:

• street prostitute; streetwalker; lady of the night

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

expression:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りったけ

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; to boil tea in one's navel [literal] - idiom

noun:

• giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す

noun / ~する noun:

• feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun:

• family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term ➜ ポラリス

noun:

• One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

expression:

• you could say; you might say; verging on the

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

adjectival noun:

• of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying

~と adverb:

• gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch