conjunction:

• if that's the case - Kansai dialect ➜ だったら

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the record; to break a record

noun:

• one's assessment of the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• the Japanese spirit

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

noun / ~する noun:

• admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

noun:

• sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person

noun:

• celebration for the completion of a project

expression:

• the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo [literal] - proverb

noun:

• passing the bottle around

noun:

• the light of dawn

noun:

• the Japanese Alps

noun:

• tournament win in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• hollow at nape of the neck

noun:

• communication with the dead

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• lying heavy on the stomach; being uneasily digested ➜ 靠れる

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

expression:

• the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb

expression / noun:

• dark circles around the eyes; periorbital dark circles ➜ 隈

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:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have a bath in the open air

noun:

• the blue sea - poetical term