noun / ~の noun:

• next seat; the seat next to

noun:

• person-to-person call; personal call

noun:

• peer-to-peer network (P2P network)

noun:

• faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands - four character idiom

noun:

• archery ceremony; ceremony related to archery

noun:

• national census; door-to-door census

noun:

• measures to stimulate employment; employment measures

noun / ~の noun:

• month-to-month basis; month-over-month

noun:

• taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher
• photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying; tears dripping; water dripping; grain-like object falling - onomatopoeia
• falling off; falling down - onomatopoeia
• inadvertently coming to the surface - onomatopoeia

expression:

• to that extent ➜ 其れだけ
• accordingly; that being the case; because of that; this means that ...
• that state; that condition

expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

noun / ~の noun:

• person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
• rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
• feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia

noun:

• kiss-and-ride; dropping a family member off at a station

noun / ~する noun:

• caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring

noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• bashing; fierce criticism

noun:

• busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant