noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed - four character idiom

noun:

• sudden and dramatic event (incident); sudden and strange phenomenon - four character idiom

noun:

• marriage following adultery and a subsequent divorce

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

noun:

• fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

counter:

• counter for songs and poems

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period

noun:

• red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

adverb:

• opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• long life and happiness

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term

expression:

• be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth - from Genesis 1:28 - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• toil and hardship

noun:

• line between victory and defeat

noun:

• the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

noun:

• copy and paste - IT term

noun:

• weights and measures

expression:

• pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo

noun / ~する noun:

• being circumscribed by one's own words and actions