noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

noun:

• the poor; the needy; the destitute

noun / ~の noun:

• the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

expression / adjective:

• to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

noun:

• fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll - Food term

noun:

• race to be the pitcher with the most wins in the season - Baseball term - From English "hurler derby"

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

noun:

• person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to win every battle (that is fought); to be ever victorious - obscure term

expression:

• love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples [literal] - proverb

noun:

• someone whose state is slightly poorer than regular poverty ➜ ビンベスト・貧乏
• 2nd degree poverty

expression:

• a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color