expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

noun:

• higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox) ➜ 江戸彼岸
• double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula) - colloquialism ➜ 江戸彼岸

noun:

• being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気（が）読めない - abbreviation ➜ 空気が読めない

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to plant oneself; to settle in
• to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root

noun:

• taiko; title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son - esp. refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi - honorific language ➜ 関白【かんぱく】

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

noun / ~する noun:

• inspection of a meter; reading a meter
• needle detection (in garments, etc.); needle inspection

noun:

• scriptures; sacred book; holy book; holy writings
• writings of a sage; sage's memoir

expression:

• from one's side; from the side (of something)
• from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved ➜ 横から口を挟む

noun:

• one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate - four character idiom

adverb:

• to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door) - onomatopoeia
• to change completely; to do a 180

expression:

• like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

expression / ichidan verb:

• to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized

expression / adjective:

• to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

noun:

• castle and moat; castle's moat - obscure term
• City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom

noun:

• Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; amboyna; amboina - not 榠樝
• flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis) - not 花林 or 花櫚
• quince (Cydonia oblonga) - only 花梨 or カリン

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving (of food); helping

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce - abbreviation ➜ 盛り蕎麦

noun:

• fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe) ➜ 本生り
• weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man

noun:

• cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning
• (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) ➜ 煤掃き

expression:

• (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
• to catch someone off his guard by setting traps

noun:

• Pokemon seizure incident (Dec. 16, 1997); incident in which flashing lights in a Pokemon episode induced seizures in hundreds of viewers - From English "Pokemon shock"

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction