expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms - obscure term

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to read kanji using its native Japanese pronunciation - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• translation from a foreign language into Japanese - obscure term ➜ 和訳

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun:

• separating words with spaces - obscure term ➜ 分かち書き

noun / ~する noun:

• capturing something alive - obscure term

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• short-trimmed mane (of a horse) - obscure term

noun:

• the three types of gagaku drums - obscure term
• third division of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to burst into tears; to sob; to weep - obscure term

noun:

• condom - obscure term - From Dutch "roede-zak" ➜ コンドーム

noun:

• obelisk - obscure term ➜ オベリスク

noun:

• sole agency authority - obscure term

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smile with one's whole face - obscure term ➜ 目を細める
• to squint ➜ 目を細める

expression:

• something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow) - obscure term

noun:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

expression:

• aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• monkey - obscure term ➜ 猿