noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; Mar. 26, 2010)

adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

noun:

• last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame

suffix noun:

• gathering; collecting; coming together

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

~する noun:

• to be in one's office; to work for a company

noun:

• bowed tendon; type of tendon injury in a horse's leg

noun:

• massage and possibly sexual services performed by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform - slang ➜ ｊｋ【ジェイケイ】・リフレ

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

noun:

• the start of a climb up a hill

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb