noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

expression / noun:

• none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it! - お世話 is ironic

expression:

• (it) goes without saying; needn't be said
• should rather be left unsaid

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

expression / noun:

• only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

noun:

• deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

~の noun:

• unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable; deferred; stationary

expression / ~の noun:

• so far; up to now; hitherto

expression:

• that's enough (for today); it ends here

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• high decorated building
• picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting

noun:

• advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)

noun:

• the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s - four character idiom

noun:

• probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.)
• to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into
• to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

expression:

• it's not just someone else's problem

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry ➜ 見舞い

noun:

• Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is ➜ 先勝【せんしょう】・友引【ともびき】・先負【せんぶ】・仏滅【ぶつめつ】・大安【たいあん】・赤口【しゃっこう】

noun:

• retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut - Sumo term

noun:

• breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared - four character idiom

expression:

• Happy events are often accompanied by difficulties; Unsullied joy is rare - four character idiom

expression:

• Freedom from one's desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss - four character idiom

noun:

• state of fine weather where one is subject to direct sunlight