noun:

• good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck ➜ 御神籤【おみくじ】

noun:

• quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown - archaism ➜ 帰りなんいざ

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

noun / ~する noun:

• running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

noun:

• another place; somewhere else; elsewhere ➜ 余所【よそ】
• moving (to another place) - archaism

expression:

• having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

noun:

• question and answer in writing; written reply to a written question

expression / noun:

• spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors

expression:

• of all times (for this to happen); of all days

noun:

• texture; grain
• one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; scalp
• surface of the earth; bare ground
• surface of a sword blade

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

noun:

• one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍

noun:

• dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food

noun:

• spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

noun / ~の noun:

• forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; in preparation
• recent publication

noun:

• drunken frenzy; drunken violence
• person who is prone to violence when drunk

noun:

• thin arm; slender arm
• slender means; meager ability to earn a living

expression:

• failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success - proverb

noun:

• tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

noun:

• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) ➜ ツバメの巣

noun:

• place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment

expression:

• there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile - proverb

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥