expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to get along well with; to make a go of it

expression:

• I don't know about ... but; It may be possible for ... but

noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear ➜ 臨機応変

conjunction:

• even if
• (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever
• should - imperative form of である

noun:

• lick
• tasting medicine to see if it contains poison; medicine-taster - archaism

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun / ~する noun:

• hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

noun:

• (automotive) assembly - abbreviation
• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - from 足 - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ➜ ほおかぶり

noun:

• professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes

particle:

• indicates direct object of action
• indicates subject of causative expression
• indicates an area traversed
• indicates time (period) over which action takes place
• indicates point of departure or separation of action
• indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. ➜ が・が・が

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

noun:

• people between whom there is tension - From English "tension people"

expression:

• is no match for; can't hold a candle to

noun:

• the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 御旅所

noun:

• having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic - four character idiom

noun:

• person who is ignorant outside his field - four character idiom

noun:

• person with whom one is having an illicit love affair - four character idiom

noun:

• safe day (one on which conception is unlikely to occur)

noun:

• dangerous day (one on which conception is likely to occur) ➜ 安全日

noun:

• man who is popular with women

noun:

• torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts

expression:

• opportunity only knocks once; strike while the iron is hot - proverb