expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun:

• moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); cessation (for a period, e.g. nuclear testing)
• postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity; mental state of a young person who does not want to become an adult ➜ モラトリアム人間【モラトリアムにんげん】

noun:

• ridge (in mountain-climbing); edge of a rock face - From German "Kante"
• take-off point (ski-jump)
• edge of a ski

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil) ➜ カリビアンリーフシャーク

noun:

• whitefin hammerhead (Sphyrna couardi, species of hammerhead shark found in the West African tropics of the eastern Atlantic from Senegal to Congo)

noun:

• tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko ➜ 玳瑁
• tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) - in Chinese medicine ➜ 鼈

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

noun:

• first day of the month - archaism
• first ten days of the lunar month

expression / noun:

• rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees

noun / ~する noun:

• passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit
• passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage
• passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

noun / ~する noun:

• scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) Antonym: 及第
• falling short of the standard; not making the grade

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち

noun:

• floor
• stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
• dining platform built across a river

noun / ~する noun:

• entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access
• visiting a high-class or noble individual - original meaning

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue - Food term
• roasted meat; grill - Food term