noun:

• wife who is older than her husband - colloquialism ➜ 姉さん【あねさん】

noun / ~の noun:

• not aware of what one is doing ➜ 知らず識らず

expression:

• honesty doesn't pay; life is unfair - proverb

expression:

• there is nothing better than sleeping - proverb

expression:

• there is no rule without exceptions - proverb

noun:

• occupation where charm is necessary to succeed

expression:

• according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states - abbreviation ➜ と書いてある【とかいてある】

noun:

• king who is a father

expression:

• are you serious?; is that for real? - abbr. of それマジ？ - abbreviation - slang ➜ マジ

noun:

• day of the boar in the tenth month ➜ 亥の子
• mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

• depressing something and turning it while still depressed (i.e. gas stopper, spark plug)

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out (i.e. without shouldering it)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / adverb:

• still; as yet; as it has been ➜ 依然として【いぜんとして】

expression:

• simply put; putting it simply; in short

expression / adverbial noun:

• as soon as (he, she, it) comes

expression / ichidan verb:

• you can do it if you try

expression:

• but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess - usu. sentence end, expressing supposition

expression:

• do your best; give it your all - four character idiom

expression:

• you got that right; exactly; that's it - colloquialism

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to relax; to take it easy

interjection:

• no; quit it; no way - Kansai dialect ➜ 嫌・や

expression:

• having said that; be that as it may