noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun / ~する noun:

• stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates - four character idiom

noun:

• a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away - four character idiom

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun:

• having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent ➜ 納得

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

noun:

• looking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top - slang ➜ キレる

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun / adjectival noun:

• love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

noun:

• IC tag (integrated circuit tag, used as an alternative to bar codes)