expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

noun:

• ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc. ➜ オタク

noun:

• one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
• to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
• to deal in; to sell
• to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
• to treat A as B - as ＡをＢとして扱う
• to mediate (an argument) - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
• to gossip - archaism

noun:

• grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix) - Buddhism term ➜ 大姉【だいし】
• private-sector scholar

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place

noun:

• nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

expression:

• behaving (posing) as if they were a married couple

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; to tell the truth ➜ 実を言えば

noun:

• theism (as refers to the existence of a personal Christian god) - obscure term ➜ 有神論

noun:

• O-ring; loop of elastomer used as a gasket

noun / ~する noun:

• reading vertically down horizontal text (e.g. as a simple code)

noun:

• stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)

expression:

• there's no such thing as a free lunch

~の noun / noun:

• by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)

noun:

• action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

expression:

• every moment is precious; time is money; precious time - four character idiom