noun:

• relative; person to whom one is close - obscure term

expression:

• according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

noun:

• doing as one is told; yes-man ➜ 言いなり【いいなり】

noun:

• between one's eyes; before one's eyes; space where one's left and right eyesight meet

noun:

• (full) moon; moon when it's round

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be right on target; to strike it rich

expression:

• anyone can see that; it's obvious that

expression:

• simply put; putting it simply

noun:

• IT revolution; information revolution ➜ 情報革命

noun:

• land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60% - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

adjective:

• attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy ➜ 格好いい【かっこいい】

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm

interjection:

• check it out; take a look - From English "check it"

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

interjection:

• thanks (e.g. for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it

noun / ~の noun:

• tiredness; fatigue ➜ 疲れ【つかれ】

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month) ➜ 七十二候

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】

pronoun / pre-noun adjectival:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 此れ・此の

noun:

• dumbfounding performance; queer act; performance so bad it's spellbinding - pun on 名演 - humorous term