noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む【もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ】

expression:

• having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts) ➜ 整合説

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• Galeorhinus (genus whose only member is the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, in the family Triakidae)

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

noun:

• original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

adverb:

• still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

noun:

• coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky

noun / ~の noun:

• high speed; rapidity

noun:

• rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train - abbreviation ➜ 快速電車

expression:

• it's none of your business; it's not your concern

expression / adjective:

• have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to ➜ 縁のない

noun:

• normal tire (i.e. not a winter tire, etc.); normal tyre; regular tyre

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be vague; to speak ambigously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself - idiom

expression:

• all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain - idiom

noun:

• aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention
• two smiths hammering at an object in turn ➜ 向こう鎚

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

adverb / adjectival noun:

• very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather

adverb:

• by no means; not readily - with a verb in the negative

noun:

• middle; half-way point

~の noun:

• excellent; wonderful; very good