expression:

• when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs - proverb

noun:

• bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ

adverb / ~する noun:

• in swarms; crawling with - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sack for charcoal

noun:

• unhittable return in tennis - From English "return ace"

noun / ~する noun:

• imploring with tears in one's eyes

noun:

• playing in the sea

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach in adoration

noun:

• love for one's hometown

noun / ~する noun:

• rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture ➜ 下書き

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bury in the ground

noun:

• all-in-one personal computer - IT term

noun:

• notification for compulsory retirement

noun / ~する noun:

• gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own - four character idiom

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do in unison; to do en masse

expression / ~の noun:

• uncalled for; unnecessary; gratuitous

noun / ~する noun:

• food boiled in sugar syrup

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to take part in

noun:

• voice mail box

expression:

• well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

noun:

• stand-in