expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan)
• to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable

noun:

• to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

expression:

• anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

noun:

• subject and object; activity and passivity - Buddhism term

noun:

• weal and woe; welfare

noun:

• talent and education

noun / adjectival noun:

• having refined and distinguished features; having a bright face

noun:

• uncommon and delicious meal ➜ 珍肴

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

noun:

• mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw
• socket; receiving window; slot ［うけぐち］

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

noun:

• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen ➜ ＬＤＫ【エルディーケー】

noun:

• the languages of Europe and America

noun:

• adult and larval stages (e.g. of an insect)

noun:

• soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch ➜ 濃餅

expression / noun:

• decrease in income and profit

noun:

• artistic and literary circles

noun / suffix noun:

• fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice ➜ 麹【こうじ】

noun:

• changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf

noun:

• joint and several liability; each individual being responsible for the payment of his share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• sharpener (of swords) and polisher (of mirrors)

noun / ~の noun:

• Japan and Britain; Japanese-English; Anglo-Japanese ➜ 英日