noun:

• equivalence operation; IF-AND-ONLY-IF operation; IFF - IT term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

noun:

• "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)

noun:

• restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend - four character idiom

noun:

• waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise

noun / ~の noun:

• bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨

noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

godan ~る verb:

• to blow violently; to blow incessantly; to blow hard (e.g. the wind)

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

noun:

• the true, the good, and the beautiful

noun:

• the people; the public; the world

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

unclassified:

• le; the - From French

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)