expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• bashing; fierce criticism

noun:

• busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

• foundation; base; basis

adverb:

• from the beginning; from the outset; by nature - often in negative contexts ➜ 元々

expression / godan ~る verb:

• by means of; due to; because of; according to

noun / ~する noun:

• detonation by contact; contact detonation
• touching off something; triggering; provocation; inspiration

adverb / ~と adverb:

• little-by-little; gradually; slowly; soon - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼつぼつ

adjectival noun:

• not bad; passable; so-so - Kansai dialect

noun:

• looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

adverb:

• forcibly; by compulsion; importunately ➜ 押す【おす】・押す【おす】・押す【おす】
• despite; in spite of; in defiance of ➜ 押す【おす】

noun / ~する noun:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know something by direct experience; to know through the skin [literal]

noun:

• reverse sexual harassment; sexual harassment of males by females

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide caused by bullying or harassment; bullying-related suicide

adverb:

• water drops or tears falling one by one; something falling suddenly ➜ ぽろり・ぽろり

noun:

• construction state; civil engineering state; country dominated by the construction industry