expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun / ~する noun:

• disconnecting from an online game because one is losing - slang

noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

noun:

• burglary (carried out while a house is temporarily vacated)

expression:

• seeing is enjoying - proverb
• looking doesn't cost a thing - proverb

noun:

• platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

expression:

• even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

expression / adverb:

• I fear that it's likely that
• with all due respect

noun:

• sliding safely - Baseball term
• just making it; being just on time ➜ ギリギリセーフ

expression:

• nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be - used after adj. - colloquialism ➜ ありはしない

expression:

• Take it!; Take that! - slang - vulgar

expression:

• if any; if it exists

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over

noun / ~の noun:

• consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home) - From English "eat in"

noun:

• society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy