expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun:

• style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")

noun:

• style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") ➜ です体

noun:

• colored ball
• anti-thief colored ball (filled with a colored dye); paintball

noun:

• juvenile likely to commit a crime; juvenile with a criminal bent; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender

noun:

• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year

expression:

• be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth [literal] - proverb

noun:

• bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)
• dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn) ➜ 襲の色目

noun / ~する noun:

• monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
• going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
• type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events ［あほだら］ - abbreviation ➜ あほだら経

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters) ➜ 篠竹【しのだけ】
• Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) ［しの］ - abbreviation ➜ 篠笛
• sliver (strand of loose fibers) ［しの］

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment

noun:

• kitchen island; kitchen with a kitchen island - From English "island kitchen"

noun:

• video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to paste; to stick something with paste
• to earn a living

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (water); to fill (with water)
• to take into consideration

adjectival noun / noun:

• lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)

suffix noun / adjectival noun:

• full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

noun / ~の noun:

• peep; peeping

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures - abbreviation ➜ 覗き機関

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

noun:

• quasi-drug; medicated products; quasi-medicine; product with relatively mild medicinal effect, sold in general stores as well as pharmacies

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black