adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• dagger; dirk; knife
• threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)

prefix:

• muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

auxiliary:

• be; is ［どす］ - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす

noun:

• grilled miso mixed with chili peppers ➜ 焼き味噌
• person who acts tough but is actually timid ➜ よわみそ

noun:

• person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company ➜ ＮＥＥＴ

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual - colloquialism

noun:

• swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party) - From English "night pool"

expression:

• faith is best in moderation; worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise [literal] - proverb

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

unclassified:

• le; the - From French

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution) ➜ 白衛軍

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんす・吉原言葉

noun:

• hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese - From Portuguese "calção" ➜ 袴

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

noun / ~の noun:

• half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom