noun:

• time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet

noun:

• homolecithal egg (egg having a yolk that is evenly distributed throughout) ➜ 端黄卵

noun:

• tag-question (e.g. questions like 'He is, isn't he?') - Linguistics term

expression:

• have to (verb); must (verb) - after negative base of verb ➜ ないと行けない【ないといけない】
• is indispensable; absolutely necessary - esp. 無いといけません ➜ ないと行けない【ないといけない】

expression:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for

noun:

• government-controlled competitive sports, for which government-operated gambling is allowed

noun:

• disaster certificate; document certifying that one is a disaster victim

expression:

• enough is enough; no further!

noun:

• one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it - four character idiom

noun:

• rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

noun:

• match where the umpire disqualifies the coach and one player after the player has done something dangerous (such as hit by pitch; to prevent retaliation by the opposing team) - Baseball term

noun:

• the poor; the needy; the destitute

noun / ~の noun:

• the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

noun:

• race to be the pitcher with the most wins in the season - Baseball term - From English "hurler derby"

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書