noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

expression:

• if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged ➜ 暇【ひま】

particle:

• that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

adverb / noun:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole

expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); Now is the time - four character idiom

noun / adverb:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りっ丈

noun:

• know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

expression:

• in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice ➜ ありのまま

expression:

• a law is a law, however undesirable it may be - from a quote from Socrates - proverb

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

expression:

• this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure

noun:

• day on which a museum, etc. is regularly closed; closed day

expression:

• without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of

noun:

• straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected

adjectival noun:

• honest; respectable

noun:

• respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
• person in a respectable occupation

noun:

• arch of the foot; plantar arch; (the part that) does not step on the ground [literal]

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• recently; not long ago; for a while recently; all the while recently - obsolete term

adjectival noun / noun:

• too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity - four character idiom

noun:

• drunken frenzy; drunken violence
• person who is prone to violence when drunk

expression:

• failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success - proverb