expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

adjective:

• difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

expression:

• beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) - slang

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

noun:

• triptan (any one of a family of drugs used to treat severe headaches)

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)

noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

noun:

• green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus, sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Chlorocebus aethiops) ➜ サバンナモンキー

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) ➜ 座禅

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)