expression:

• learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow [literal] - proverb

interjection:

• no; nay
• well; er; why
• you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

noun:

• ping-pong; table tennis ［ピンポン］

interjection:

• exactly!; surely!; that's it!

noun / ~する noun:

• ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• ring; link
• open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)

expression / ~よい adjective:

• to find it easy to fall asleep; to sleep well Antonym: 寝つきが悪い ➜ 寝つき・寝つきが良い【ねつきがよい】

noun:

• visible breath (i.e. when it's cold); frosty breath; white breath

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available

~の noun:

• commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

noun:

• too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate - four character idiom

expression:

• for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

expression:

• how have (you) been? (gen. used after some time apart); nothing (untoward) has happened, has it? [literal] - polite language

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

noun:

• Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

expression / adjective:

• to find it easy to fall asleep; to sleep well ➜ 寝つきがいい【ねつきがいい】・寝つき

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring the first point; winning the first game ［せんしょう］

noun:

• lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜

noun:

• double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

godan ~く verb:

• to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it

interjection:

• yes; that is correct; right
• um; errr
• huh?
• grrr; gah; Must I?

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• good - Kansai dialect ➜ 良い